Mormyshka
Sign in to saveright|thumb|300px|Freshwater Shrimp A Mormyshka (or Mormishka, or Marmooska, ) is a type of fishing lure or a jig. The word is derived from the Russian word Mormysh () meaning Freshwater Shrimp (Gammarus).
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right|thumb|300px|Freshwater Shrimp A Mormyshka (or Mormishka, or Marmooska, ) is a type of fishing lure or a jig. The word is derived from the Russian word Mormysh () meaning Freshwater Shrimp (Gammarus).
The mormyshka was invented in Russia during the 1860s. The prototypes were big spoon lures used for ice fishing. Trying to imitate shrimps, anglers made lures smaller and changed their method of fixing them on the line. These more efficient lures spread quickly among ice fishermen throughout Russia and Scandinavia.
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