Carotenoid Gammarus »
By Firetiger on Nov 16, 2008 in Coldwater, Fly Patterns | Comments Off
Gammarus hook, lots of lead, amber dubbing, brown shell back and monofilament ribbing.
When the season ends and all the leafs are fallen the gammarus shrimp feast on decaying leafs. The beautiful colors of autumn leafs are from Caroten (the color of carrot), some of which passes to body of the shrimp and it gets the color of fallen leaf.
So for anybody that cares about such things: this is an imitative fly and not an attractor 
