CrustaceanintermediateFlorida Keys & South Florida
Backcountry Shrimp
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Forgotten Coast Fly Co.
Matched on Florida Keys & South Florida, crustacean flies, redfish. Florida Panhandle and Gulf Coast shop lead for inshore saltwater patterns.
Salty Fly Tying
Matched on Florida Keys & South Florida, crustacean flies, tarpon. Drew Chicone's saltwater tying catalog and learning hub, strongest for saltwater pattern validation.
Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on crustacean flies, tarpon, shrimp. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
Orvis Fly Catalog
Matched on crustacean flies, tarpon, shrimp. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.
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In the mangrove backcountry, everything eats shrimp. Snook eat shrimp. Redfish eat shrimp. Baby tarpon eat shrimp. Even the shrimp eat each other, which says something about the neighborhood. This pattern imitates the ubiquitous snapping shrimp with an EP body that breathes underwater and a weedguard that keeps it out of the mangrove roots where shrimp actually live. It is the universal backcountry currency, accepted everywhere.
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Where to Fish It
Everglades Backcountry
FL · Mangroves
Cape Sable
FL · Backcountry
Florida Bay
FL · Backcountry
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