Scottish Shrimp Tube Flies

Scottish Shrimp Tubes

Illustrated below is a selection of small tube flies dressed in the style I think of as Scottish Shrimps. These examples are dressed very simply on stainless steel needle tubes, length 15mm, diameter 1.5mm. The overall length of a Scottish Shrimp needle tube fly is normally somewhere between an inch and a half and two and a half inches (varying with the length of tube selected and the preferred length of the tail), suitable for a wide range of fishing situations and conditions, be it Scottish salmon fishing in fairly normal conditions of water and weather or Pacific salmon and steelhead fishing in summer or in low clear water.

The flies consist of very few components comprising a long tail of bucktail with the optional addition of a few strands of flash; a short underbelly of bucktail or squirrel tail; a wing of bucktail about two thirds the length of the tail; two hackles of contrasting or complementary colour. Colours of each component may be varied as desired, as can the length of tube and dressing. Tube flies along these same lines may, for example, be tied on longer tubes to create a larger offering, as in these Intruder Tube Flies

The tubes are armed here with free-swinging hooks, Kamasan B983, size 8, in heat shrink Knot Guards but may be secured more conventionally in silicone or PVC hook link junction tubing.

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Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Scottish Shrimp Needle Tube Fly**

**Cascade Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly – See step-by-step tying of the Cascade Tube Fly**

**Fiery Cascade Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly**

Highland Cascade Scottish Shrimp Fly — **Highland Cascade Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly**

Yelly Belly Scottish Shrimp — **Yelly Belly Shrimp Tube Fly**

Yelly Belly Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Another Yelly Belly Shrimp Tube Fly**

Yelly Belly Salmon Shrimp — **Yelly Belly Variant (with brown hackle)**

Ally's Shrimp Tube Fly — **Ally’s Shrimp Tube Fly**

Light Durris Shrimp Tube Fly — **Durris Shrimp Tube Fly (Light)**

Dark Durris Shrimp Tube Fly — **Durris Shrimp Tube Fly (Dark)**

Purple Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Purple Shrimp Tube Fly**

Purple and Red Shrimp — **Purple & Red Shrimp Tube Fly**

Redhead Scottish Shrimp — **Redhead Shrimp Tube Fly**

Wilkinson Shrimp Tube Fly — **Wilkinson Tube Fly**

Silver Wilkinson Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Silver Wilkinson Scottish Shrimp Light**

Boyo Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **The BOYO Shrimp Tube Fly**

Light Boyo Shrimp Tube Fly — **Light BOYO Shrimp Tube Fly**

Spey Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Spey Shrimp Tube Fly**

Black & Blue Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **B & B Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly**

Blue Tunder Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Blue Thunder Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly**

Pink Badger Needle Tube Fly — **Pink Badger Tube Fly**

**Spring Green Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly**

Orange Yelly Belly Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Orange Hackle Yelly Belly Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly**

Pink & Yellow Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **A Hint of Pink**

Citrus Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly — **Citrus Shrimp Tube Fly**

Scottish Shrimp Tube Fly Sizes

Scottish Shrimps may be dressed in a range of sizes on various lengths of tube, to suit fishing situations and conditions. The flies shown below are dressed on 10mm and 15mm long stainless steel needle tubes, 1.5mm diameter. The overall fly lengths of such tubes ranges generally from 1.5 to 2.5 inches but may be dressed in any length and density of dressing.

See more on the tying of Scottish Shrimp Needle Tube Flies