
Jig nymph
Black Shrimp
Salmon tube fly
SalmonMid-depth
A dark-dressed salmon shrimp with a black body and a flash of orange or red at the throat — the sombre counterpart to the brighter shrimp patterns. Swing it through clear or low-water pools where salmon have seen every gaudy fly in the box. Its restraint is its strength: visible enough to be seen, dark enough not to alarm.
Naturals it imitates
shrimp
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface & waking
Shallow
Mid-depth
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate
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