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NailFly

A small and lightly dressed salmon fly with a special body: a hook shank varnished with colorful nail polish.

Nils Folmer Jørgensen
Modern salmon fly
Easy
atlantic salmon (sea run)
Hook Double salmon hook size 8-12
Body H&M nail polish applied directly on the hook shank
Thread 8/0, color to match or contrast fly. Nils often uses red or white
Underwing Squirrel – natural and/or dyed. And sparse!
Overwing Guinea fowl – natural and or dyed. Also sparse! You can add some flash for a bit of sparkle.
Throat hackle A small tuft of schlappen barbs. Yup, you guessed it: sparse!
Head Tying thread, varnished

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