CrustaceanintermediateFlorida Keys & South Florida
Backcountry Shrimp
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Available Sizes#2 - #6
Color Variations
TanRoot BeerOlivePink
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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.
Florida Keys & South Floridacrustacean fliesredfish
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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.
Florida Keys & South Floridacrustacean fliestarpon
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Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on crustacean flies, tarpon, shrimp. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
crustacean fliestarponshrimp
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Orvis Fly Catalog
Matched on crustacean flies, tarpon, shrimp. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.
crustacean fliestarponshrimp
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Sandbar Flies
Matched on crustacean flies, redfish, redfish. Louisiana/Gulf Coast redfish and inshore signature tier lead.
crustacean fliesredfish
Visit sourceIn 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.
Quick Facts
TypeCrustacean
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSpring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Target SpeciesSnook, Redfish, Tarpon, Jack Crevalle
Sizes#2 - #6
Best LocationsEverglades Backcountry, FL; Cape Sable, FL; Florida Bay, FL
Where to Fish It
Everglades Backcountry
FL · Mangroves
Cape Sable
FL · Backcountry
Florida Bay
FL · Backcountry
Map unavailable. Locations for Backcountry Shrimp: Everglades Backcountry, FL; Cape Sable, FL; Florida Bay, FL
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