Hula Nipper Crustacean Saltwater Hook : Long shank stainless. Thread : White. Antennae : White marabou, white Fishhair. Eyes : White cock hackle. Legs : Dyed olive cock hackle. Body : Plastic pearl beadchain. Weight : Plated dumbbell. Eggcase : Fluoro orange floss or thread. Carapace : White chenille.
Tying Instructions 1) Before place hook in vice use a pair of long nose pliers and open the hook gape slightly. 2) Tie in thread at hook bend. 3) Tie in a little white marabou. 4) Tie in a little Fishhair. Keep these last two materials sparse. 5) Tie in eyes, keep flared. 6) Tie in chenille. 7) Tie in white cock hackle. 8) Tie in pairs of pearl plastic beadchain along entire top of hook shank leaving enough space for plated dumbbell at hook eye. Tie in really close to each other, even if they don't sit perfectly straight, as this will be addressed later. Do not figure eight the pairs of beads,. Just a few X wraps to secure to hook shank. 9) Tie in plated dumbbell at hook eye. 10) Take thread back to halfway along hook shank. 11) Palmer cock hackle between the plastic beadchain, two wraps a section sufficient. 12) Tie off at half way point. 13) Advance white thread to dumbbell. 14) Tie in two bead pairs from dumbbell the Fluoro Orange thread or floss. 15) Wrap along the hook shank up to the third pair of beads back to the first pair of beads from the dumbbell. Wrap this thread/floss fairly thick, 4,5 or 6 layers. This is the egg cluster so must a dominant presence, but without overwhelming the fly. 16) A small drop of super glue per bead pair and on the dumbbell would be warranted for a more durable fly. 17) Pull chenille over flies back, along hook shaft and tie off chenille in front of dumbbell. 18) Tie off thread 19) Take fly from vice and using gentle pressure from finger tips bend the hook shank in to a slight curve away from hook point. Any bead pairs a little close will be separated slightly and then should lay even along hook shank.
Fly Notes
Fishing Notes A quick short strip, with long pauses to allow fly to sink back to bottom butt first. This fly has a great undulating action on the strip and acts just like the real thing on the pause swimming tail first to the bottom. The trigger of the egg case colour in just the right spot also induces strikes from predators. Placement of weight also helps fly to ride hook up avoiding snags. When retrieved along the various bottom substrates. Target species include bream, whiting, trevally, flathead. Most estuary species like a meal of saltwater yabbie.
Location Notes Yabbie banks - sand or mud bars. Also great along the edges of weed beds.
Prey Notes Nipper or saltwater yabbie imitation.
Tier Richard Carter

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