Silver Sheep

Icelandic salmon hairwing

SalmonMid-depth

Icelandic salmon hairwing—white or pale silver sheep's wool wing over a silver body. Natural Icelandic sheep provide distinctive wing material with translucency that bucktail and squirrel cannot match.

Fish this when

Summer on the Icelandic salmon rivers in bright, low conditions. The pale wing reads well in clear water under high-angle Nordic light.

Why it works

Icelandic sheep wool has natural translucency and soft movement in water that stiff synthetics or bucktail cannot replicate. Local materials tied on local rivers—it belongs in the water.

Naturals it imitates