Black Sheep

SalmonMid-depth

A Scandinavian temple-dog tube — long flowing black wing over a silver or blue body, built for the big spring rivers of Norway and the Baltic. Fished deep and slow on a sink-tip.

Fish this when

Cold, high spring water on big rivers, fished on a heavy sink-tip so the long wing swims slow and deep through the holding lie.

Why it works

The temple-dog hair keeps a long, mobile profile while collapsing to almost nothing on the pause, so a big fly stays alive even when fished slow and deep.

Naturals it imitates