KYLIE SHRIMP

[tayspringer]

I have already tied some up yellow & red. Look the business. I would be tying some up in 6. 8 & 10's as well. Just to cover all eventualities

[tayspringer]

Try then as a cascade variation. Look fantastic

[macd]

these are the mini kylie TDs i did for the swap. they are on 9mm copper bottle tubes

[tayspringer]

Here is my variation tied as a cascade or willie gunn? Orange Yellow & Black

[Fruin]

Just like the cascade, the kylie is a pattern that lends itself to tinkering and works well with different colours. Try a small black and silver one for the summer. A nice change from a stoats tail.

[elwyman]

A friend is fishing the Carron in May and asked if I knew the dressing for the Kylie shrimp.

What's the usual dressing?

Is there a common theme to variants, eg a copper body?

[Fruin]

Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - orange bucktail, strands of orange twinkle, and golden pheasant rump feather tied over
Butt - Black Floss
Rear body - Copper tinsel with silver or copper wire rib
Mid Wing - orange hackle fibres under and on top of the hook
Body front half - black floss
Head Wing - orange hackle fibres under and on top of the hook, with blue guinea fowl over.
Cheeks - Jungle cock - tied long and thin
Head - red varnish or red thread(depending on preference)

[elwyman]

Thanks Fruin.

My pal heard that 60% of the fish on Carron were caught on the KS last year. I would guess that 90% of anglers were fishing it!

[acw]

elwyman said:

Thanks Fruin.

My pal heard that 60% of the fish on Carron were caught on the KS last year. I would guess that 90% of anglers were fishing it!

Possibly because the originator Alan Donaldson seems to catch many of the Carron fish ,I beleive he only fishes 2 patterns one being the Kylie the other a collie variant