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.
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.
Step 1 - tube
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Step 2 - weight
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STep 3 - mylar tube
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STep 4 - underwing
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Step 5 - flash
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Step 6 - upper wing
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Step 7 - herl
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Step 8 - eyes and head
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Step 9 - done
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See also
![The old war wound - A salmon \"bite\" obtained while removing the fly before a release](/sites/default/files/imported_pictures/calc_img_7661low_0-w356.jpg "The old war wound - A salmon \\"bite\\" obtained while removing the fly before a release")
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Comments
Very nice and easy,
Very nice and easy, I'll try this fly on Norwegian salmon in a couple of months!!!