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SRL Pattegrisen
The “Pattegrisen” is a popular and effective shrimp imitation. It originates in Denmark where it is used mostly for seatrout in the Baltic Sea. The “Pattegrisen” is also an effective pattern for the summer fishery for steelhead on the lower Skeena. Jeroen Wohe from Skeena River Lodge asked me to produce the “Pattegrisen” pattern for his lodge. The original pattern is tied on a hook and utilizes very soft Spey Hackle. While this provides good movement in the still water of the Baltic it is not as good of a material for the fast current conditions of the lower Skeena. I have substituted the Spey hackle with Nutria. Nutria is an excellent replacement for feather hackle; it holds up well in currents and has extremely good movement in the water. It is also much more durable. For the legs on the body hackle I used heron. Again, the heron is a bit stiffer than the Spey hackle and holds up better in the current, giving it more movement. The heron is also a bit longer so that the pattern is slightly bigger. I tied the pattern on a tube, for better hook holds on short shanked tube hooks. The tube can be fished with a free swinging hook or the hook can be attached to the incorporated Junction Tubing. The Junction Tubing is Glow in the dark pink, which helps as a trigger point in low light conditions. I needed a bit more robust material for the mouth of the shrimp as well. On the original this was created with mallard, which I replaced with shell pink American Opossum. On the original pattern the eyes are placed on top of the tail hackle. I have split the tail hackle/Nutria in two steps. The first step creates the bottom legs. The eyes are then placed, prior to the top section of Nutria. When the fly is dry and sits in the vise it looks like the Nutria covers the eyes a bit too much. However, when the fly is fished the eyes tend the stand out much more and show up nice. If the eyes are place on top of the Nutria they tend to stand out a bit too much after the fly is fished for a bit. The tube is weighted on the bottom to create a keel effect so that the fly rides correct in the water. For the carapace I used Snow Runner in stead of artificial fibre. Here is a step-by-step sequence of how I tie this pattern.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12815″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12816″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12817″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12818″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12819″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12820″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12821″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12822″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12823″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12824″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12825″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12826″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12827″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12828″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12829″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12830″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12831″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12832″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12833″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12834″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12835″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12836″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”12837″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/12″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
