Polar Shrimp Variation (Shoff)   Name Polar Shrimp Category Pacific Salmon Hook Size 6 or 8, Long Shank Tail Fluorescent hot orange/red hackle fibers Body Fluorescent hot orange/red yarn Hackle Fluorescent hot orange/red Wing White bucktail, polar bear, arctic fox, or synthetic (tie a little longer than normal and very sparse) Head Tying thread

The pattern for this fly came from the book by Bruce Ferguson, Les Johnson, & Pat Trotter Fly Fishing for Pacific Salmon. They note that it was originated by the late Clarence Shoff in 1936 and is one of the best “beach flies”. Jim Crawford mentions it frequently in his book, Salmon to a Fly, Fly Fishing for Pacific Salmon in the Open Ocean, as one of the standard flies he uses for Pacific Salmon fly fishing.