Fly Tying - The Bream Shrimp

The Australian bream species are notoriously difficult targets on fly - they are very cautious and fussy feeders that require certain things in a fly to be effective. In my local waters in Sydney one of the main sources of food for bream and other estuary species are the juvenile prawns that swarm through the harbour at some times of year, but seem to be present to some degree throughout the year. I believe most of these are juvenile eastern king prawns, but this pattern is a good general representation of a generic juvenile prawn that should cover most species.

In this video I show you how to tie this pattern that I have developed over a couple of years of intensely targeting bream, and give you some of the reasoning behind the design choices. I also talk a little bit about how to fish this fly for bream, and at the end I broach a somewhat controversial subject about bream on fly....

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Materials:
Hooks -
Mustad 3906B Size 6 (main)
Mustad 3399A Size 12 (stinger)
Eyes - Blackmagic Leader 100lb Tough Trace
Body - Senyo's Laser Dub (Tan and Rusty Bronze)
Bead Chain Eyes (medium)
Wing -
EP Fibre (tan)
Wapsi Supreme Hair (shrimp)

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