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Tying shrimp flies

How to tie the best shrimp fly patterns. Imitations of shrimp for saltwater fishing for bonefish, sea trout and many more fish that eat shrimps.

Shrimp anatomy for the fly tyer

Lecture: Having seen, tied and fished shrimp flies for many years, Martin feels a need to do a little lecture on the real appearance of shrimp, especially targeted at fly tyers.
Take the shrimp class here

Mini Pig

Peachish: The Baltic seatrout community has been going berserk over a huge pink fly called the Pink Pig. I find that the Mini Pig is a more sensible alternative. This article covers two versions.
See more here.

Kern's Perfect Leo Shrimp

Shrimp: A realistic, perfect swimming shrimp imitation for both hot and cold water and a big variety of species. The fly has many neat details and is a great upgrade from those quickly tied flies. It makes your fly box look great and keeps you away from the TV.
Get shrimped here

Martin's Mundane Shrimp

Mundane: Another simple, three-material fly. This time a shrimp, well suited for seatrout and probably fine for a number of other saltwater species not least bonefish. Super simple to tie and with easily accessible and cheap materials.
See the pattern here

The Pink Pig - Pattegrisen

A tentacled all-rounder : You have probably heard about and maybe even watched The Pink Panther. If so, you also know the soundtrack. Put that on and take a look to see what a Pink Pig is, and if it has anything in common with the panther or if there is more Miss Piggy in this fly tied for tarpon, bonefish and trout.
To the tying table

Honey Shrimp

Shrimp for a cocktail: There are thousands of shrimp patterns in the world, made from the same template. This pattern is a time consumer, but it makes it more interesting tying shrimp flies. The eyes, proportions and legs gives this pattern some kind of magic.
See how to make the leggy one here

The Killer Shrimp

Simple: The Killer Shrimp hardly looks like anything. It's gray and translucent, sparsely dressed and inconspicuous. But it catches fish. It's a great fly for those bright and calm days where sea trout seem to be unwilling to take any fly.
See how to tie it here.

Real Enough!

Imitations: A bunch of quite realistic flies by a bunch of well known and unknown international tiers. These fantastic flies are not super realistic imitations, but they certainly look real and convincing enough to fool both men and fish!
Read the story and see the pictures

Opossum Shrimp

An imitation well suited for inshore fishing.

Glitter Shrimp

Sea trout: A killer fly in the right hands on a cold winter day. A very simple shrimp pattern for Danish sea trout and many other targets.
See it here.

Salty dreams and glassy shrimp

Salt: Chris Edghill writes: "Fascinating to see how they worked together, one would dive in between the rocks and sea grass, completely burying itself and the others just milled around waiting for a shrimp to dart out from it's hiding place where it would be quickly devoured."
This experience spawned his S.L.S. Shrimp

Allan's Winter Shrimp

Cold water: A simple shrimp pattern that does not use the popular but expensive Spey hackle
See the pattern description here

One Mallard Shrimp

Cocktail time: As a Baltic sea trout angler you can never get enough shrimp patterns, and this one was tied as a result of access to some really fine mallard feathers.
Get ready to mix your prawn dressing here

The Match Shrimp

Matching the hatch is rarely the item when fishing for sea trout in the ocean. The fish are rarely selective and you're sometimes surprised by which flies they are willing to take. But on a few occasions it can be important to imitate the small animals eaten by the trout.

Great Lakes Irish Invaders

Tube flies: Bob Kenly takes a turn with some tubes from the Canadian Tube Fly Company and converts a traditional Irish fly into something... let's just say not as traditional. So Chris's Irish Shrimp turned into Great Lakes Orange, a steelhead pattern tied on a tube.
See the pattern description here.

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