FLY TYING:
THE STF SHRIMP By JONATAN TERNALD
In recent years, there’s been a trend towards more and more realistic seatrout flies. One of the proponents of this trend is Swedish fly tying-wizard, Jonatan Ternald, and in the following he presents his mouth-watering STF Shrimp.
It’s 4.30 in the morning and I’m anchored up near a reef plot with strong currents pressing against it. It’s the middle of summer in the archipelago outside Gothenburg, and I’ve headed out for a short fishing session before going to work. It’s time to make that all-important choice: Which fly?
My fingers dig confidently into the fly box and retrieve the fly that is usually my safest bet: The STF Shrimp. I place the fly along the edge of the reef and twitch it. Then a short break followed by what is meant to be three fast strips. However, on the second strip the line just stops and then starts going in
