Looking for a good shrimp pattern for specks

[fishsalmon]

If anyone has a good shrimp pattern that might work for specks I would love to try and tie some. Word is that they feed on grass shrimp in this area in the spring and early summer so I thought it would be good to give this a try. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My goal is to try a couple of different patterns.

[driftwoodcowboy1]

http://www.branhamssaltwaterflytying....asp?flyid=401
This is one I'll be trying this year.

[BYRD]

Dang that fly looks dead on. Can't wait to see the finished product. Fishsalmon you should drive by the house and look at the boat. I also have a foam question for you.

[Paul Sikorski]

http://www.tightloopsflyfishing.com/custom.php?page=349

http://www.zenflyfishing.com/zenshrimp.html

These are both good imitations. Estaz in pearl or clear is a good material to mess around with for grass shrimp imitations.


-P

[fishsalmon]

Thank you for the inputs. I have tied the pattern that Driftwood sent in both a white and a tan. And the steps for the second pattern Paul sent looking promising. keep'em coming because i will try all and any to find which works best.

[OneMoreCast]

I didn't tie this fly but I tie the pattern.. Just no pictures of my own right now..
It has a fly lipp on it. I drift and twitch these in light lines.. BOOM Take a look at the website. it was designed by speck fishermen..

[Dave Sikorski]

I didn't tie this fly but I tie the pattern.. Just no pictures of my own right now..
It has a fly lipp on it. I drift and twitch these in light lines.. BOOM Take a look at the website. it was designed by speck fishermen..

http://www.flylipps.com/

A really cool tying "material"!!

-D

[MissingLink]

Fishsalmon, try the one that I put in the swap. I use it on long island for weakfish (in addition to being a great fly for striper and fluke). Its deadly in the spring time when we have millions of grass shrimp around and is really easy to tie (for the toothy critters). I might be mistaken but I think that the specks you are talking about ar the same as the weakfish that I talk about (they look like a rainbow trout...right? Good luck and check out these sites for some ideas too...

http://www.stripersurf.com/FG_Ultra.htm

http://www.stripersurf.com/FG_patternindex.html

http://www.noreast.com/fly/patterns/crabs.cfm

[fishsalmon]

Thanks for the new ideas. Specks are speckled or spotted sea trout different than weakfish or gray trout - but these are good patterns and i especially like the foam back one. Will try that this weekend. Look forward to seeing your fly. Have you ever tied a shrimp in bend back or weedless?

[MissingLink]

A croaker family relitave I belive. Seems from the talk that they have a very similar diet.

I have seen the foam shrimp done (its not too difficult at all) but I dont know of anyone personally who has scored with it. Looks like it should work though...

I myself have not done weedless nor bend back. Weedless wouldf be a waste of time for the areas that I am accustomed to fishing because when there are weeds...thats all you get and when there arent any, you dont ever worry. As for the ebd back, I think that you can adjust it for a few of those recipes that I sent and still get the good movement that you want.