Articulate Ghost Shrimp and Crayfish

Articulate Ghost Shrimp

Articulate Crayfish

This is an Articulate version of Ghost Shrimp and Crayfish, which I intend to give more action to the pattern, adding life and action to the fly.

The head and the pincher move very well in water and when you strip.

I hope this pattern will bring you luck and catch some fish for you.

Materials:

Hook - Saltwater hook

Weight - Dumb bell 

Body - Angle hair ( White )

Eye - Burned Mono Eye

Antenna - Pheasant tail fiber

Flashabou and cralf hair for mouth part

Legs - Rubber legs

Dubbing - SLF dub Pink / Yellow / Orange

Step by step tying instructions:

Cur a short pcs of hard wire about 1 inch

Tie a short pcs of tooth pick to create the taper shape of a Shrimp or Crafyfish

Tie in the mono eye at both side 

Tie in the antenna, flashabou and calf hair

Tie in the 1st pair of rubber leg

Dub in the mixture of Pink and Orange dubbing near the eye

Tie a knob at the Angel hair, create as pincher, tie in at both side

Tie in another 2 pair of rubber legs

Dub in the mixture of Orange and Yellow dubbing

Fold over the Angel Hair and trim the fiber, the head profile is read

Tie in another Angel Hair as body part and glue it down with epoxy

Dry up the epoxy

Now... remove the head profile...

Put in the hook, tie in the dumb bell and apply some dubbing

Split the body part hair to half, pull it thru and tie down

Fold the fiber and tie down... trim the fiber

Continue doing the dubbing and tie down some fiber to create the body

Trim the fiber...

If you wish.. you may apply some marker to create the fly either Shrimp or Crayfish

Now the Articulate Ghost Shrimp is ready... try test it in a tank.. you will find it's alive...