Step 1: Lay down a base of thread at the bend of the hook, and tie in a small bunch of gray bucktail. Make sure it stays on top of the shank. Pull the bucktail up, and wrap thread underneath to form a post. Then wrap the thread back to the front of the hair. Trim the tip ends of the bucktail at an angle.Jay Murakoshi
Tying the Grass Shrimp
Step 2: Tie in a pair of grizzly hackle quills that have been stripped of their barbs ¿ one along each side, splayed slightly outward to form the antennas. Don’t wrap too tightly because you can easily cut the quill. Trim off the butt sections and remove a little from the tip ends. Add a drop of head cement to the thread.Jay Murakoshi
Tying the Grass Shrimp
Step 3: Now take a couple of turns of thread just behind the bucktail and tie in a pair of medium-sized black mono eyes using a figure-eight wrap. Advance the thread toward the eye of the hook with several turns.Jay Murakoshi
Tying the Grass Shrimp
Step 4: Make a dubbing loop about 5 inches long and apply a small amount of wax to the thread. Open up the loop and add Brite Blend dubbing material and using a dubbing tool, spin the loop and material into a dubbing strand. Tie in and wrap the dubbing strand forward almost to the eye of the hook, and tie off. Leave enough space to tie down the tail. With a bodkin, tease out some of the dubbing to form the legs of the shrimp.Jay Murakoshi
Tying the Grass Shrimp
Step 5: Pull the bucktail down over the top of the body forming a shell and tie off at the eye of the hook.Jay Murakoshi
Tying the Grass Shrimp
Step 6: Make a few wraps at the front section of the tail to flair it at a 45 degree angle. Splay the bucktail to give it a wide look. Now take a few more wraps to secure all the material. Whip finish, cut the thread and apply a drop of head cement to the thread wrappings.Jay Murakoshi
