Opossum Shrimp

A really old pattern of mine, revived with slight variations and better tying skills.

Shrimp flies

Sea trout flies

Tyer

Martin Joergensen

Pattern type

Cold saltwater fly

Discovery state

Known

Hook

Tiemco TMC200R

An imitation well suited for inshore fishing.

Mar 21. 2012

Shrimp anatomy for the fly tyer

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.

Apr 25. 2013

One Mallard Shrimp

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.

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