Trout & Grayling Fly Tying Tutorial - UV Rainbow Shrimp

Since the rise of Euro-nymphing styles in the global nymphing scene, the need for fly anglers to have weighted shrimp imitations sky rocketed. In rivers and lakes where they are present, shrimps provide trout and grayling with a year round, plentiful food source. However, these flies work just as well in rivers that don't hold substaintial shrimp populations too!
There are some really technical patterns out there tied by expert fly tyers that specialise in the art of creating weighted shrimps.
What the 'UV Rainbow Shrimp' gives you is a perfectly simple and easy to follow pattern that enables fly Tyers of all abilities to ensure their fly box holds some of these super effective, must have flies.
I like to use these patterns for sight nymphing and covering pressured fish especially. When most other anglers are covering the water with beaded flies, sometimes a bead-less pattern such as this one can really be the difference.
Materials List:
Hook: Size 8 Heavyweight Grub
Underbody: 1mm Lead Wire Strips
Body Dubbing: Kindale UV Squirrel & Hare Rainbow Dubbing
Rib: 0.1mm Copper Wire
Shell: Shrimp Back, Orange
Thread: Semperfli nano-silk, 12/0, Black
As always, thanks for watching!

[@johnkiryjewicz-ti2qp]

Must get my fly tying gear out again. Thanks for wetting my appetite again.
Love the un-rushed style. THIS FLY.

[@aphfishing]

Thanks for the kind words john, glad you’ve got the desire to start tying again!

[@Michael-hg6ky]

Really great looking shrimp...I will be tying up a few of those. Thanks for the video.

[@aphfishing]

Thanks Micheal, I hope they bring you some fish!

[@halfpintawhelks]

This fly👍

[@Kernow-lerf]

This fly 🎉. This will Perfect for mullet bud

[@aphfishing]

Please let me know if it catches you some mullet!
I’d like to catch one this season, so I’ll be sure to stock them in the box!

[@Kernow-lerf]

@@aphfishing I can’t tie to save my life but I have had some success last year on other shrimp patterns for mullet

[@PegasusBridge1]

This fly

[@halfpintawhelks]

I'm trying that dubbing for mullet

[@aphfishing]

I think you’ll love it, such a really versatile dubbing. It gives a great look to a fly especially once it’s wet 👌🏻👏🏻

[@halfpintawhelks]

Good stuff from Kindale and good service

[@aphfishing]

I’ll second that Barry👍🏼

[@kevinrobertson2037]

This fly