My Snaketruder step by step.

 Here is the wire i use for this fly pattern,  the snakeintruder you can see a length of wire cut ready to join in a circle.

 Above the lighter i use to melt the nylon coating on wire, i alway cut the wire 2" longer then i want the fly. so if i want a 4" long fly, i would cut 10" of wire and make a 1" over lap both ends and melt the join giving me a 4" fly.  

 Close up of the wire ring, showing weld at the top.

 Above the vise i use is one i made myself, as i do tie a lot of snake flies also.

 Above i catch in the thread, i am using Danville 210 denier white. and super glue the thread,

 Now i tie in the chenille as a pillow to hold up the hackle that follows.

 Now wind on the chenille, in a small ball.

 Now i use a dyed purple GP pheasant crest hackle,

 Catch in the hackle by the tip.

 Above, the hackle is wound on.

 Now i have cleaned up the hackle,

 Now i tie in a badger saddle hackle dyed pink,

 Above the hackle is wound on,

 Hackle is now cleaned up.

 Now i need to cover the middle of fly body, i use mylar pipeing.

 I now use a threader, to put on the mylar. the tool i use is used a lot in carp fishing, called a stringer needle.

 Now i loosen the vise, take the wire off the hook and push the mylar on.

 Now i tie in the mylay body.

 Here i seal the thread,

 Setting the UV resin, with uv light.

 Above the resin i use is Deer creek, uv resin tack free and in my mind the best.

 Now its time to start on the head of fly. dab of super glue on top.

 Now tie in a pillow of Chenille again.

 Above i put a brass cone over the chenille, to add a bit of weight if needed.

 Now tie in front hackle, by the tip again.

GP Hackle wound on,

 Now i tie in a pink badger hackle,

 Hackle cleaned up.

 Now i tie in some Amherst tail feather, dyed blue and pink..

 Above i have tied in a two tone wing, of blue and pink with flash.

 Now its time to add cheeks, jungle cock dyed pink.

 JC tied in,

 Head cleaned up.

And here the finished fly, ready for the hook. Partridge Z4 intruder hook,

Prawn tube, step by step.

This pattern again, uses the Scandinavian tube system and is a very easy fly to tie.

 Here you can see i have cut the tube to 1" long, added the inner lining tube. and the junction tube to hold hook,

 Now i have pushed tube onto the vise,

 Now i bind the joint of the outer tube to the inner tube.

 And now a touch of super glue, to lock both together.

 Now i catch in the thread, i am using 70 denier Danville white.

 Now i catch in a saddle feather, i am using whiting saddle dyed orange.

 Here i have wound on the hackle, and cleaned up.

 Now its time for the feelers, here i have used Asian heron.

 Here you can see, i have tied in feather by the tip.

 Here i have wound on the heron hackle, and cleaned up the tying.

 Now to add on a few more legs, here i have used Amherst dyed orange to add colour.

 Here they are tied in,

 Now it is time to tie in some harder feelers, here i have used wild boar again dyed orange.

 Above i have tied in two sets of two, wild boar feelers.

 Now i have cleaned up the tying.

 Now i add in some flash, again in orange.

 Now its time to make the prawns eyes, i take 5" of mono and burn one end with a lighter.

 Now i have two small black beads,

 Now i thread the beads on to the mono, note i have burnt both ends of the mono. stopping the beads coming off,.

 Now i coat both beads with Deercreek UV resin and set it hard, this is by far the best resin on the market.

 Now you can see the finished eyes,

 Now here you can see the both eyes set on the prawn,

 Now i have cleaned up the tying, and tie in some rib here i use oval gold medium.

 Now i tie in another whiting saddle,

 Now time to build up the body of prawn, i use Veniard glister orange.

 Now i roll the dubbing on thread,

 Now i run the dubbing down the body,

 Now i wind the hackle down the body,

 Now i rib the hackle,

 Now its time to put the shell on the prawn, i use golden pheasant rump feather dyed orange.

 Above, is a close up of rump feathers,

 Now i clean the unwanted fluff of the base of feathers.

 Now i tie in the two rump feathers, i tie them in tented shape.

 Now its time to tie in the third feather on top of the first two.

 Now i tie in a large rump feather, ate the rear of the tie.

 Now i push on a brass cone, to the rear of prawn.

And above, the finished fly, hope you like it and tie it. very good for salmon sewin and bass, i tie the in many colours, like red , purple and orange.