POLAR SHRIMP

 Hook:  (T)  7999  
 Size:   2-8
 Thread:  Black 6/0
 Tail:  Red Hackle Fibers
 Body:  Flourescent Orange Chenille
Wing:  White Bucktail, or Z-lon
 Hackle:  Fluorescent Orange

Notes on tying:

1. Tie in red hackle fibers for tail.
2. Tie in and wind orange chenille for the body.
3. Tie in hackle at end of body and take 4 or 5 turns with it.
4 Tie on white bucktail or z-lon behind the eye and wrap thread to form a tapered head.
5. Whip finish and apply head cement.

 This pattern for steelhead and salmon was described in an article by Dave Hughes in American Angler March-April 1991 pgs 6-7.  This fly works well when it is fished dead drift.

Shawn Harmon 1393 2nd St Coralville, IA 52241