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PK Mysis Variant

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An extremely lightly dressed and delicate fly that imitates a mysid

By Martin Joergensen

Per Karlsen is an institution in Danish seatrout fishing whose flies - most of them named PK something - are amongst some of the first patterns that were specifically designed for our kind of fishing. Per has tagged his initials on numerous well known and very popular seatrout flies both for coastal and river fishing.

I have fallen for this one, which is indeed a different creature. Different the average coastal fly and different from most of the other PK flies. Per has made the Variant himself, based on the original PK Mysis, which is more like a lightly dressed Magnus or a Killer Shrimp.

I like simple, and this is really simple!

Per's original is tied with wide flash tinsel, which I didn't have, so I combined four straws of a thinner material. I like Per's version better and will get my hands on some wide Mylar tinsel as soon as possible.
Per also ties his flies significantly smaller than the one you see here, and I might tie some small versions too, but this size 6 hook suits my temper better than the 8's, 10's and 12's prescribed by Per.

PK Mysis Variant

Type	Cold saltwater fly
Originator	Per Karlsen
Difficulty	Easy
Target species	Sea trout (sea run)

Materials

Hook	Partridge GRS #8 or CS54 #12 (I used a larger hook)
Thread	White 8/0
Rib	Flat pearl tinsel
Body	Hare wool
Hackle	Medium brown rooster
Head	Tying thread, shimmering nail polish

I like simple, and this is really simple!

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