Shrimp flies

Flies that look like the tasty decapods, so high on the menu of many fish

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Josephine Baker Jul 1. 2021 Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker See the pattern here	Sam-I-Am Oct 3. 2017 Shrimp I do not like bright shrimp flies. I do not like them Sam-I-Am. I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. Or maybe I would...? Why Dr. Seuss might be right.
Raccoon May 17. 2017 Sea trout Raccoon – or Vaskebjørn – is a highly successful and good looking Norwegian sea trout fly. See how to tie it here.	Allan Must Shrimp Jan 25. 2016 Arthropod A small shrimp from the hands of Allan Kuhlman who plays with eyes, shells and legs. See the pattern description here

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Video Two-tone Olive Bucktail Shrimp Sep 17. 2021 Full tying SBS and underwater footage.	Video Öland Spey Shrimp Var. Sep 13. 2021 Few flies are more popular at the scandinavian coast than shrimp-flies, and none more than the salmon-pink coloured Pattegris (the Pig) by danish sea-trout expert Claus Eriksen.	Video Rainbnow Pig - Regnbuesvinet Aug 8. 2021 Talking about saltwater flyfishing, it is impossible not to put the focus on flies that imitates shrimps.
Video Bunny Bone Jul 18. 2021 Designed by Florida Keys guide Jeffrey Cardenas, this shrimpy little number is a great addidtion to the bonefish box.	Video Pattegrisen Jul 12. 2021 Some people love it - and some people hate it… but we all agree on the effective shrimpfly - the Pattegris - is a real must-have in the fly-box.	Article Josephine Baker Jul 1. 2021 Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker See the pattern here
Video Joe-to-go Jun 28. 2021 The Joe-to-go works best as a skinny water fly for tailing fish, but can be weighted for deeper work. It land soft and does a good job of imitating mantis shrimp or other crustaceans.	Video Big Ugly Jun 24. 2021 Aaron Adams's Big Ugly is an effective ghost shrimp mantis shrimp imitation. It's on the big side for a bonefish fly, but it's simple, durable and deadly in the right situations.	Video Sand Shrimp Jun 24. 2021 In todays video Svenja is tying up her sand shrimp. In Svenja´s own words: "The sand shrimp is very good for fishing the bank areas. It should be stripped slowly floating,.
Video Gorrel's Hackle Shrimp Jun 16. 2021 Gorrel's Hackle Shrimp is a seriously underrated shallow water bonefish fly.	Video Mantis Shrimp Variant May 27. 2021 The grand-old-man in saltwater-flyfishing and -tying Bob Veverka created the famous pattern The Mantis Shrimp.	Video Mysis Shrimp Mar 23. 2021 A quick and simple, semi realistic pattern to imitate the Mysis shrimp. Ranging from 0.5 to 25 mm long with a slender transparent body.
Video Fjord Shrimp - Fjordrejen Mar 22. 2021 Shrimp-flies is proberbly one of the most effective type of flies for both fresh- and saltwater. Here in scandinavia shrimpflies are a “must-have” in the box of every coastal flyfisher.	Video Lavender Shrimp Mar 3. 2021 In todays fly tying tutorial German Fly Tier Oliver Oelze is tying a really nice shrimp.	Video Spiral Shrimp Feb 20. 2021 A great looking shrimp that looks complicated but is really easy. With lots of internal structure, just like a natural shrimp, this one looks complicated to tie. It’s not.

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