Isopod imitation

Ghostbuster

MulletShallow

A Colin Macleod pattern imitating Idotea, the marine equivalent of a wood louse — segmented brown foam body, slow-sinking, built for the abundant food source found in shallow seaweed margins.

Fish this when

Shallow, weedy margins where mullet are grubbing through decaying vegetation for isopods. Fish it as a single fly on a long leader, dead or barely moving.

Why it works

Idotea are genuinely abundant in weedy shallows, and the segmented foam body reads as the natural's jointed carapace at a size and sink rate that matches how the naturals actually move.

Naturals it imitates