jackk wrote:
Just returned from Belize, and all of the guides told that I was pretty much
wasting my time with crab patterns for permit, and that I should get some
small shrimp patterns; especially spawning shrimp. One of the guides had
some taht were tied in Montana by a client that worked well.

Does anyone have some patterns of shrimp that they would share?

You might try the Shrimpf:

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...82701fotw.html

I've never used it, but it sure looks shrimpy.

BTW, where did you fish in Belize and which guides did you use? I was
there in April. We had numerous shots at permit, but no hookups. I did,
however, catch a pretty good tarpon:

http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/web/tarpon.JPG

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