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HKA Sunray/Bismo

This fly is without doubt one of the best catching flies on the bigger rivers in Iceland! It was originated by Danish Henrik Kassow Andersen. Salmon guide Nils Folmer Jørgensen from Iceland shows you how to tie it.

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At work
At work
Niels Folmer Jørgensen

This fly is without doubt one of the best catching flies on the bigger rivers in Iceland!

My friend and the inventor of the fly, Henrik Kassow Andersen and I fished this fly a lot since 2004 and the results have been amazing. It was so effective that one stubborn guide made an identical copy of the HKA Sunray and gave it a new name, the Bismo, back in 2009.

...one of the best catching flies on the bigger rivers in Iceland!

If you look in the log books from the Rangá rivers in Iceland, you will find most of the fish are registered under Bismo now since Henrik Kassow Andersen and I don't fish or guide much there anymore. But the fly is the HKA Sunray! Henrik even made a pink version, which the stubborn guide, who won't admit that he copied the fly in the first place, also has made as his own.

The fly is pretty easy to tie but otherwise, the "right one" can be found in the shop Veiðihornið in Reykjavik or online on www.flugan.is.
Here I will tie it on the Pro Tube System, which means no gluing of tubes. Easy! The original fly has no weight but I'm going to add a little weight. The HKA Sunray can also be made with goat or monkey, but this is the classic version, just tied on the Pro Tube System.

The landing phase
Landing
Niels Jorgensen

HKA Sunray - Bismo

Tube fly
Henrik Kassow Andersen
Tube Pro Tube Flexi Tube 40/40. Black
Body weight Pro Tube Flexi weight
Thread Clear nylon
Body Size M Mylar tube in pearl
Underwing Light gray Arctic fox
Overwing Black Arctic fox
Topping Crystal Flash in pearl and Peacock herls
Head 3D eyes and epoxy glue
Easy
HKA Sunray
Done!
Niels Jorgensen
Preparing
HKA Sunray water
The downstream swing
Icelandic waters
Niels Jorgensen
A handful
A handful
Niels Jorgensen
Salmon with a tint
The perfect meter
Nice size
Bright and fresh
The author
Niels Jorgensen

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Niels Jorgensen

Submitted by Renato Bugelli on

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Very nice and easy, I'll try this fly on Norwegian salmon in a couple of months!!!

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