23-11-2005, 06:41 PM
hi taky,
are you attaching your 8 barbs before or after you have tied your prawn pattern? if before, how do you manage to tie the materials in and around the barbs?
one trick that i have previously used for shrimp flies (for making their eyes) is to get a piece of thick fishing line and then get a match and burn the end of the line for a moment until it starts melting...it will form a round ball (or blob) on the end of the line which then looks like a nice extended eyeball. But of course do this outdoors because i think the fumes may be harmful.
another option is to go to a craft store and buy a cheap string of beads which can be used to make the eyes (and they will be light plastic so they won't weigh down the fly too much).
here are some picks of flies similar to what i think you are trying to make -
![[Image: SCT14.jpg]](http://www.microlures.com/saltwater/img/SCT14.jpg)
From [url="http://www.microlures.com/saltwater/shrimps.php"]http://www.microlures.com/saltwater/shrimps.php[/url]
![[Image: shrimp.jpg]](http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/shrimp.jpg)
From [url="http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/shrimp.htm"]http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/shrimp.htm[/url]
![[Image: n2hardshellshrimp.jpg]](http://www.onlineflytyer.com/images/flies/n2hardshellshrimp.jpg)
From [url="http://www.onlineflytyer.com/showfly.asp?record_ID=98"]http://www.onlineflytyer.com/showfly.asp?record_ID=98[/url]
Cheers, Glen
are you attaching your 8 barbs before or after you have tied your prawn pattern? if before, how do you manage to tie the materials in and around the barbs?
one trick that i have previously used for shrimp flies (for making their eyes) is to get a piece of thick fishing line and then get a match and burn the end of the line for a moment until it starts melting...it will form a round ball (or blob) on the end of the line which then looks like a nice extended eyeball. But of course do this outdoors because i think the fumes may be harmful.
another option is to go to a craft store and buy a cheap string of beads which can be used to make the eyes (and they will be light plastic so they won't weigh down the fly too much).
here are some picks of flies similar to what i think you are trying to make -
From [url="http://www.microlures.com/saltwater/shrimps.php"]http://www.microlures.com/saltwater/shrimps.php[/url]
From [url="http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/shrimp.htm"]http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/shrimp.htm[/url]
From [url="http://www.onlineflytyer.com/showfly.asp?record_ID=98"]http://www.onlineflytyer.com/showfly.asp?record_ID=98[/url]
Cheers, Glen