Tying the Lite-Brite Shrimp (Saltwater Fly) by Davie McPhail.

[leaperfish]

Fantastic Dave!!

[papajuanxxlll]

EXCELENT, DAVIE,THANK YOU.

[ChickenChristoph]

what is the tail on the fly made of? and i love the fly!

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi ChickenChristoph,

Just use what you have white bucktail is very good, I'm glad you liked the shrimp...ATB Davie

[backdraft808]

Excellent vid, thanks.

[DailyGrower]

Wow, thats a great looking shrimp!

[antonio999us]

Hello Dave, I am writing you from Southamerica and I am a follower of your flies. This shrimp was really espectacular... You are just a master tying flies. I do my own flies and jigs too, and I think that there is a special taste when you have a big catch with something you did by yourself. I will send you in my next comment one of my videos. Thank you for sharing your tips...

[mrgbean]

nice fly ill have to try it out here in oz

[Theodifly]

Davie,

Thank you for the answer.

I´will tie some shrimps using small dumbell eyes like you say.

I live in Brazil in the southwest region, so I´will try to fish for peacock bass

using this shrimp in places where are plenty of freshwater shrimps.

I´m sure about the succes using this shrimp !

Thanks again ...

Theodifly

[Theodifly]

Davie,

Very nice and good shrimp !

I´will just start to tie some shrimps for bonefish fishing..

Does this shrimp swim hook point up ?

Thanks for the video !

Best regards

Theodifly

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Theodifly,

As Long as you tye the lead on like I did in the video it should turn over, I have been tying some smaller version of this fly and instead of the lead I used small dumbell eyes on top of the shank and slightly round the bend of the hook, this one is certainly worth doing as well..I don't use these flies personally but I have a friend that works very hard and goes everywhere he can to catch bonefish...ATB Davie

[txflytier]

Hi Davie

Great looking shrimp pattern. I really like the diffrent tricks you used while tying it. I will be trying to ty some of theses up.

Thanks for The Great Videos

Chance

[jaydunc2k1]

Great stuff Davie, btw there's some interesting shrimp patterns in Fly and Tie magazine of late, interesting use of lazer printing from the computer onto overhead acetates to make shellbacks in issue4. Thoroughly recommend the magazine if you travel in Germany/Denmark/Holland keep an eye open for it (or ebay.de).

[dandotreillydot42058]

Cool Bro

[dennyjr71]

Awesome fly Dave. Since I moved to Florida my lite-brite has been sitting in my material box pretty much untouched (there isn't many steelhead down here) Now thanks to you I have a new pattern to tie and fish. Also I love using the new UV activated resins. It really helps the durability of our fly's without the discoloration of normal 5 min epoxys.

[Shetlandfisher]

Brilliant fly yet again Davie. Could you tell me where you get the hook from please as its not one I've seen before?

Thanks, Christian

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Christian,

I used a size 5 Salar tube fly hook, I know this is not meant for this, but hey it looks o.k to me...ATB Davie

[zofoblues]

Great fly. ty

[winks002]

Davie,

Amazing looking fly. Looks really fun to tie. I'm 1500 miles from any ocean, going to have to try tying a few of these up in case I'm ever near it again. Or might try it on the great lakes migratory browns in the fall as they are really aggressive, and usually 15lbs. Thanks for the great fly.... Sam

[13snowgod]

Nice fly Davie! Are there any other dubbings or materials you've experimented with? Also, what species would you target with this fly?

Thanks

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi 13snowgod,

No I'm sorry I don't have any new materials at the moment, this fly would be ideal for catching Bonefish, Bass and many other coastal feeding fish..

All the best Davie

[fisterra66]

Great fly Davie, very nice and certainly very well fishing. Thank you.