Corophium Volutator

Corophium volutator, ADULT

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A natural tan/olive dubbed body with a shaggy, picked-out texture along the back and two long thin trailing antennae-like legs — a direct imitation of Corophium volutator, the burrowing estuarine amphipod that is a staple mullet food item. Colin Macleod, "writer, fly tyer, mullet expert."

Fish this when

Soft mud margins and low-tide flats where Corophium naturally occurs — a specialist pattern for genuinely difficult mullet.

Why it works

This is one of the few mullet patterns tied to a specifically named natural rather than a generic shrimp silhouette, matching both the colour and the jointed, shaggy profile of the real amphipod.

Naturals it imitates