All the Ingredients for Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp
Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp is an extremely popular fly for bonefish in the Bahamas as well as a great tailer fly for South Florida. The movement of the appendages mimics that of the real deal and that’s the key to this flies success. This kit sets you up to tie Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp in size #4 with medium bead chain eyes. But get hook sizes #6-#2 and bead chains eyes small through large and small lead eyes to cover all water depths and bonefish situations.
Question
Jairo Rivera –
approximately, how many flies you could tie with this material kit?
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Mike Mastropasqua –
The limiting material is the EP Crab/Shrimp Eyes. There are 12 eyes in the pack so you can tie 6 flies with this kit. If you got additional packs of eyes you could fill out all 25 hooks in the kit with the rest of the materials.
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