Name Apache Shrimp Category Atlantic Salmon, Low Water Shrimp Hook Size 6 to 12, Salmon Hook Thread Black Tag Flat or Oval Silver Tinsel Tail Golden Pheasant Red Breast Feather Rear Body Golden Yellow Floss Ribbing Oval Silver Tinsel Middle Hackle Golden Yellow Hackle Front Body Scarlet Floss Ribbing Oval Silver Tinsel Front Hackle Scarlet Hackle Head Black

Note: This pattern came from the fine book by Peter O'Reilly, Trout & Salmon Flies of Ireland. He writes that the Shrimp Fly was invented and used by Pat Curry of Coleraine. He tied the original Curry's Red Shrimp. The variations on this fly are so numerous now, that it is one of the most popular flies used in Ireland today. A Low Water Shrimp Fly should be worked to give it life. In slacker flows it should be worked in short darts; In faster flows, it should be jigged less frequently around the arc, letting the current do most of the work.