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Black Ghost Tube

Ghost buster: Believe in ghosts? How about a black one? If you're fishing sea trout or brown trout, or even salmon, there is no way around the Black Ghost. It has caught thousands of fish around the world. This is an all time classic that has proven itself.
See how to tie two different tube versions of this fly.

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Sunray Shadow

Patented: The Sunray Shadow is a true killer fly for salmon fishing. Tied on a tube with a wing and no body, simple as few flies, but still - or maybe rather because of that - extremely efficient. The fly uses few materials and is very easy to tie.
We look at a version, which is fairly loyal to the original.

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Raven NJ

Tubed: Simple things somehow often seem to work and this has also been the case for one of Nils Jorgensen's absolute favorite salmon flies, the Raven NJ. It has proven itself many times.
See how to tie it here.

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Burning Man

Plop!: This strange popper came out of Martin Joergensen's vice recently and has already proved its value several times. See why it might be interesting to you, how to tie it (in meticulous details) as well as how it moves - and in video too! And learn why it's called Burning Man.
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Staring Sunray Shadow

Here's looking at you kid: Ray Brook's classic the Sunray Shadow can hardly be outdone by any variation of this simple yet very efficient fly. But some people still like to add little details to killer patterns. This version of the Sunray has a body and eyes.
It can see where the fish are.

Staring Sunray Shadow

Type Tube fly

Originator
Ray Brooks (sort of) - tied by Ken Bonde Larsen)

Year of origin
2000

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Tube 1" plastic
Body Braided mylar tube - silver or greenish/yellowish
Thread Black
Underwing Yellow Arctic fox
Upper wing Two sections of black goat
Flash Thin, clear, smooth flash, Angel Hair or similar
Topping Peacock herl

Tying instructions
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