Click for full size	Diagram 7 Wind the black floss evenly along the shank to form the second half of the body. Tie in the loose end underneath, at the space left for head, and trim. Important - remember to leave plenty of room for the wing and the head.
Diagram 8 Take the oval silver tinsel and wind on in an evenly spaced spiral as shown in Diagram 8. The number of turns you make will depend on the size of the hook chosen. On an average sized hook about six or seven turns is about right.	Click for full size
Click for full size	Diagram 9 Turning the hook upside down in the vice, tie in a few grey squirrel tail hairs for a beard. This style of beard requires the hairs to extend further than normal, i.e. as shown or even longer.
Diagram 10 Turn the hook the right way up again and tie in a second bunch of grey squirrel tail hair. This is called the underwing and extends beyond the bend almost to half the length of the tail.	Click for full size
Click for full size	Diagram 11 Next we select a nice bright orange Golden Pheasant tippet feather. Take a large feather and strip of the sides at the base leaving the centre piece intact. Tie it in, on the long side, with a few turns of thread and then pull the feather through to the position shown and trim.
Diagram 12 Prepare an orange cock hackle and pull of the fluff at the base. Tie in at the head and pull the fibres forwards to double them in a V shape. Wind this round the hook three or four times and tie of drawing the fibres forwards to lie as shown. Finish off by forming a nicely shaped head and varnish red.	Click for full size

Step by step photographic lessons of the Ally's Shrimp are in my eBook