Friday, 21 December 2012

At the vice with the soft touch shrimp

It's been a long slog to get the soft touch shrimp how I have wanted to..the rivers have been shooting up for weeks and it's really hit me hard not getting my fix on the river but with fly fishing you have you chair at home where you can sit and tie flys for hours on end dreaming of some looping over fly rods!!!

 

My good friend Jason Snape is a photographer and I asked him to pay a visit to me to for some proper macro shots of my 'finished' soft touch shrimp

The pictures are amazing and but my main goal was to get my followers who attempt this fly to really see the effect I am getting

 

So thanks to jase for taking his time out

The top picture is the natural with a orange (parasite) hot spot and the other is a fancy pink one we all know grayling love..

 

Thanks

Glen

 

 

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16 comments:

  1. Dave Cross21 December 2012 at 13:42

    Nice shrimp Glen, they look the biz. I must have a go at some over Crimbo as I fancy having a try for grayling on the fly in the new year.
    Happy Christmas!!
    Regards,
    Dave.

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  2. Glen Pointon21 December 2012 at 14:07

    thanks Dave
    You will be surprised with the results, it's been working for me and JT
    You need to get a heavy point fly to get its down, I am struggling to get weight in it without ruining the fly...

    Nice to here from you
    Merry Xmas
    G

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  3. Anonymous21 December 2012 at 14:14

    Glen
    This shrimp is the best I have seen and used, there are a team of us using them for Grayling in Scotland and the results have been phemoninal.
    Thankyou so much for sharing.
    Tight Lines
    Stuart

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  4. Nicholas Steedman21 December 2012 at 14:22

    Great pics Glen! What's the dubbing in the pink one?

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  5. glen pointon21 December 2012 at 14:48

    Nicolas

    Thanks
    The dubbing for the pink one is venyard glister dub
    Cheers
    Glen

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  6. Anonymous21 December 2012 at 15:37

    show off ... tried call you ... give me a bell wen u can hey ,,,,....spence

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  7. Dave Cross22 December 2012 at 10:01

    Postscript: As you know Glem I'm tight as a gnat's chuff so you can imagine my disgust at having earlier today ordered some of that aquarium sealant off the net. Well I've just been in the garage and only bloody well found some Unibond translucent under my bench! Gutted. :)

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  8. Glen Pointon23 December 2012 at 01:40

    Lol Quality Dave... Let me know how you go on Dave and send me some pics...

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  9. The Jassid Man23 December 2012 at 01:52

    Truly very live looking flies. The translucency looks fantastic! Just to let you know I've posted a fly swap offer on my blog now. Would be glad if you wanted to participate.

    Have fun catching trout on very realistic flies,
    Mats Olsson

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  10. Dan28 December 2012 at 10:16

    I love the idea of this fly Glen and I've ordered some silicon to try it out. I'm going to try them out for the Grayling on the River Test in January. I will let you know how they get on.

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  11. Glen Pointon28 December 2012 at 11:52

    Thanks Dan
    Please email me some pics of your flys too, would love to see how they fair on the test. I have been hammering big fish on these until the rivers flooded out
    Tight lines
    Thanks
    Glen

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  12. Bristol Angling Centre30 December 2012 at 08:38

    Nice read and superb camera work

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  13. Unknown8 January 2013 at 09:17

    Happy New Year Glen & family!

    Can't quite believe those aren't real shrimp, what an artist you are! Looking forward to seeing more beauties in 2013 :-)

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  14. Dan19 January 2013 at 04:42

    Glen - as promised, photo of my first effort... Click this link: http://fluffchucking.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/soft-touch-shrimp/

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  15. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 01:52

    Love those flies Glen. Great blog also!
    best
    Paul Slaney

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  16. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 07:26

    Cor fuck shit wot a shitting articulate blog.

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