Hairwing

Buck Bug

Newfoundland surface/damp salmon fly

SalmonSurface & waking

A shaggy handful of bucktail and tinsel, tied bright and bold on a heavy iron. Swing it through coloured water where salmon need to see something before they can refuse it. The pulsing hair gives it life in the current that synthetic materials cannot quite replicate — an old approach that still outperforms the new on its day.

Naturals it imitates

nothing specific — bright attractor