The Field Journal

Flies

Scud / Shrimp Pattern (UV Pregnant Shrimp)

Scud / Shrimp Fly

Key points

Imitates: Scuds & Freshwater Shrimp .
Fish it: shallow, tight to reed beds, under an indicator — or stripped quickly on an intermediate line .

Imitates

Scuds & Freshwater Shrimp.

Related

Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph — also passes for a scud.
Chironomid Under Indicator — pairs with the indicator approach.

Where next

Keep moving

What it imitates Scuds & Freshwater Shrimp A year-round, high-value food — and a productivity tell. Shrimp need calcium-rich water for their shells, so they aren't in every lake; the lakes that *do* hold How to fish it Match the Hatch (Stillwater) On summer evenings, lake trout shift from deep chironomid feeding to surface emergence, a key transition in small-lake-stillwater tactics. Follow them up: fish

Proven water Elk River Fernie's marquee dry-fly freestone: wild westslope-cutthroat-trout, bull trout, whitefish, drift boat floating, braided channels, cutbanks and a serious hatch c Reference Hatch charts Month-by-month guide to insect life and matching the hatch.