A small and lightly dressed salmon fly with a special body: a hook shank varnished with colorful nail polish.
Nils Folmer Jørgensen
Modern salmon fly
Easy
atlantic salmon (sea run)
| Hook | Double salmon hook size 8-12 |
| Body | H&M nail polish applied directly on the hook shank |
| Thread | 8/0, color to match or contrast fly. Nils often uses red or white |
| Underwing | Squirrel – natural and/or dyed. And sparse! |
| Overwing | Guinea fowl – natural and or dyed. Also sparse! You can add some flash for a bit of sparkle. |
| Throat hackle | A small tuft of schlappen barbs. Yup, you guessed it: sparse! |
| Head | Tying thread, varnished |
