Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Silver Wilkinson Shrimp




This is my version of the classic Irish shrimp. A good fly for fresh fish on bright days.




Monday, 10 March 2008

The Black Shrimp




THE BLACK SHRIMP is an all time classic Scottish Shrimp fly. It dates from the 60s and has a great affinity with its home river, the Ness. The story of John Cathcart's fly and the original dressing are on the Inverness Angling Club site.




Maggie's Shrimp


MAGGIE'S SHRIMP is from the same family as the Mairi's Shrimp and Park Shrimp. It is a new fly and has one or two Dee salmon to its credit. Perhaps a few more will be added in 2008.
I have just heard that my friend Ken Reid has had a brace of springers on a 1" Maggie's Shrimp tube from Park, River Dee.