There is not a time of year when you can't use shrimp or scud patterns to catch trout and panfish . This shrimp pattern originated in British Columbia, by Mary Stewart of Vancouver. It's become " the most popular shrimp imitation for their interior lakes". The original pattern had an orange body.
Here is a letter from one of our customers who knew Werner.
"Hi Al and Jody
"I see in your catalog that you have Werner's shrimp. We used Mary Stewart's shrimp fly , only with a olive green body . Werner used the fly all the time . When any body was talking about what was happening and Werners name came up, it was said that he was using his shrimp fly , hence it , the fly , came to be known as Werners shrimp . Cheers Mike "