Steve Burke's Salmon and Steelhead Fly-Tying Guide

Yellow & Silver Shrimp

Yellow & Silver Shrimp
Name Yellow & Silver 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 Oval Silver Tinsel in Touching Turns
Middle Hackle Yellow Hackle
Front Body Black Floss or Seal's Fur
Ribbing Oval Silver Tinsel
Front Hackle Badger Hackle
Head Black

Note: This pattern came from the fine book by Peter O'Reilly, Trout & Salmon Flies of Ireland. He writes that this is a fly that anglers would not want to be without on the Moy; that it takes a lot of spring fish and is good for coloured water or bright weather.

Trout and Salmon Flies of Ireland by Peter O'Reilly

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