How to Tie: Giacobba’s Skrimp

Giacobba’s Skrimp Materials Kit – 1/0 Tan Includes:

• Thread: Ultra Thread 210 – Brown
• Hook: Gamakatsu SC15 – 1/0 12pk
• Eyes: Bead Chain Eyes – XL Black
• Egg Sac: Estaz – Amber Orange
• Tail: Extra-Select Craft Fur – Tan
• Body: EP Minnow Head Brush 1.5″ – Shrimp Tan
• Antennae: Dry Fly Rooster Neck – #2 Red Grizzly

Shrimp – the fruit of the sea! And of the backcountry, for where Capt. Mark Giacobba designed this fly to look like a shrimp, act like a shrimp and get eaten like a shrimp. As I scarf down a shrimp taco while writing this description, I can’t help but daydream about Giacobba’s Skrimp scooting past a mangrove root where a slobby snook waits in ambush mode.

Use a brown marker to bar the tail. We recommend the Dark Brown colored PrismColor Marker.