Tying a Conehead Shrimp Saltwater Fly by Davie McPhail

[mmmmmarcus]

I tie a similar fly, it's alot like yours, before you added the brown hackle. Except I used a ton of Krystal Flash. The green and orangey kind. I use it for crappie at my fave park lake, caught a 17 incher there.

[luftwaffe1989]

Is the fly going to swim, hook point up or down?

[seatrouter1]

top man, great detail as in all your flies,any chance you could do a fly for seatrout fishing in an estuary as im in donegal and rivers are closed in the area. thanks and if you could do 1 it would be.tied alot of your trout flies but havent tried them yet, will do in the next few months and let you know how they go

[m1garand77]

great fly!,im gonna tye this one myself, just wondering, exactly how does the nylon help protect the cly?am i missing something? or is it only to ty in the hackle from the back when your thread is at the front of the fly? thanks! 5/5!

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi m1garand77,

The nylon will protect both hackle and body material as well it will not rot like say if you used a wire rib which would rust...

Thanks for the 5*****

All the best Davie

[jimjins05]

You are the man!

[mrlgarbutt]

Hi Mr. McPhail I was wondering how you would go about tying the Ritts Fighting Crayfish and do you have some in about your flyes your self and if you do could you so me on your video page Sigened  Richard

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Richard,

I have sent you a pm to a link of a gentleman tying a Ritts Fighting Crayfish as I'm sorry to say I dont have all the materials to tye one..Youtube will not allow me to add a link on this page.

.I hope this helps you.

All the best Davie

[9showoffsin1]

that fly just looks like done fish food. Well done my friend.

[spieone03]

Dave, great fly. What type of vise do you use. I like how that looks

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi spieone03,

It's a Law Vise made here in the U.K by a gentleman called Lawrance Waldron.

Glad you enjoyed the video..

All the best Davie

[door2yourheart]

Just gorgeous!

[gagsess]

i dont fish in the sea, but i look all your vids (: and this fly is like WOW, really beautiful!! but i dont think the feelers will survive the first fish. anyway, LOVE your tying, helped me very much!! thank u and tight lines from austria!!

[RngrOnTheEdge]

great videos, i could watch them all day! (atleast if im not fishing)