Fulling Mill Sand Punter's Choice

The sand shrimp that also works in fresh water

This is the shrimp end of the same family: a smaller, lighter profile than a prawn pattern and better suited to fish picking over the bottom rather than chasing. It earns its place in an Australian box for one extra reason, which is that it crosses over to Australian bass in the estuaries and further upstream, so the same fly covers salt and fresh on the same trip. Work it slowly across sand, weed edges and around structure.