Pattegrisen

Baltic shrimp default

Sea troutMid-depth

Pink EP-fibre shrimp with wiggly profile. One of the two or three flies that launched modern Danish coastal fly fishing. Essential if you fish a Fyn beach once a year.

Fish this when

Danish and Swedish Baltic coastlines, shallow water, daytime.

Why it works

Pink reads as a moulting shrimp to Baltic sea trout hunting the shoreline. Soft profile breathes on every pause.

Naturals it imitates

shrimp

Typical zone & fishable range

usually

Surface

Shallow

Mid-depth

Deep

Setup sensitivity: medium

Hook range#4–8

Quick facts

Tying difficulty

Intermediate

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