Claret Shipman Buzzer

The shipman buzzer fly is one of the most commanly known buzzer flies. Dave Shipman's buzzers are extraordinarily versatile. He invented this 'damp' dry fly pattern in the late Seventies for surface feeding trout on Rutland Water reservoir in Eastern England, when the fish were preoccupied with taking adult buzzers struggling in the surface film. The original shipman buzzer was a combination of teased out fiery brown or green seal's fur and white breathers that proved so deadly. The great thing about the shipman buzzer  is that it does not normally need floatant. It is a pattern that will seduce the most suspicious of fish. The scruffier the pattern the better it seems to fish. Once it has caught a few trout do not discard the fly if it has been chewed try it again and wait for more hits.