Most fly fishermen and -women know that shrimps are a major source of seatrout food. Of course, when the time is right, seatrout can go crazy on worms, sandeels or herring. But year round, they will feed on shrimps.
Shrimp patterns are often made with cdc, spey hackles, craft fur and many other materials. However, one of my favorite materials is Nutria. If you can find really long hair nutria (and yes it is very hard to get your hands on), your shrimps will behave so natural in the water like you have never seen before. Because of the bunch with long nutria in the front of the fly the shrimp will hang in the water perfectly. It is because of the “stifness” of the long nutria hairs, that this happens.