Fordy's Flies - Romy's Sand Shrimp

It’s great when you find a fly pattern that’s been specifically designed to fulfil an angler’s needs. When Colin Macleod started to fly fish for perhaps the most enigmatic of saltwater species, the mullet, he discovered there simply wasn’t a fly pattern around to do what he wanted it to do. So, the Romy’s Sand Shrimp was born. Named after Colin’s daughter, Colin started using this simple and elegant shrimp pattern in and around the estuaries and coastlines inhabited by mullet - and he started to catch them. At the time of writing this, he’s caught over 400 fish - of a species so complex, many anglers consider them to be uncatchable. Here’s my version of the fly, given to me by the man himself after several extraordinary sessions trying to tempt these fish, and experiencing first hand the concept of #mulletmadness. Hope you get a chance to tie one or two up - and if you do tie one on and have a fish with it, the mullet gods are kind!
Materials Used:
Tying Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk in Beige
Hook: Hanak H300BL Size 12 or 14 (You can also use a gold hook rather than nickel)
Red Wool for tag
Rib: Medium UTC Ultra Wire in gold
Back: Hends Olive Flashback
Dubbing: Hends Spectra to match sand colour
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