The Ghillie Shrimp Salmon Fly - Fly Tying Tutorial

A step by step video tying the ghillie salmon shrimp fly. Devised by Tony Black, it is an extremely popular fly in Scotland but also fished worldwide. The pattern once accounted for a 34lb salmon by its creator on Murthly water, River Tay. Definitely one for the box!
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The video showing how to prepare bucktail for salmon flies can be found at • Preparing Bucktail for...
Dressing:
Tag: Gold oval tinsel or wire
Tail: Orange bucktail, crystal hair above
Rear body: Gold holographic flat tinsel
Front body: Black floss
Rib: Gold oval tinsel or wire
Wing: Grey squirrel dyed yellow, crystal hair above
Throat hackle: Blue guineafowl over orange rooster
UK Reared jungle cock
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[@TonyJacques-c1b]

Very nice good tips and really nice use of materials

[@SeánWoodsFishing]

Thanks Tony, glad you enjoyed watching it 👍

[@magnetchi]

O yes another great video 👍👊

[@SeánWoodsFishing]

Cheers Tommy, box filing up rightly for season 🤞

[@Whatsthecraicsir]

Brilliant fly, caught my first salmon on it.

[@SeánWoodsFishing]

It's quite a new pattern to me but will definitely be tying more of them, all the right colours 👌

[@Whatsthecraicsir]

​@@SeánWoodsFishingThe ones I had, the blue was above the yellow on the head. Also put a bead on it to get down on the riffles on the Finn

[@SeánWoodsFishing]

@@Whatsthecraicsir love a bead head shrimp for the small small spate rivers 👍