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Ally Shrimp

Salmon/Steelhead · Wet Fly · Salmon · Steelhead · Advanced · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Salmon single or double hook, 6-12
  • Thread Black 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Tail Hot orange bucktail (long, ~1.5 shank lengths)
  • Rib Oval gold tinsel (5-6 turns over whole body)
  • Rear body Hot orange seal's fur / SLF (rear half)
  • Front body Black seal's fur / SLF (front half)
  • Throat hackle Hot orange cock/hen (swept back)
  • Wing/back Bronze mallard (one slip over the back)

How to tie it

  1. Mount a salmon single or double and start thread, running to the bend.
  2. Tie in a long sweep of hot orange bucktail as the tail, about 1.5 shank lengths; the flowing tail is this pattern's signature.
  3. Tie in oval gold tinsel for the rib.
  4. Dub the rear half of the body hot orange, then the front half black.
  5. Spiral the gold rib forward over the whole body in 5-6 even turns and tie off.
  6. Tie a hot orange hackle as a swept-back throat.
  7. Set a slip of bronze mallard low over the back as the wing, reaching the tail root.
  8. Build a neat head, whip finish and varnish.

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