Kölski

Kölski - Icelandic salmon fly

Kölski

Kölski is the Icelandic name for Lucifer, but regardless of the name, this is a very simple fly — and it certainly doesn’t hurt that it’s deadly.

Materials

  • Hook: Any
  • Thread: Chartreuse
  • Body: Black floss
  • Wing: Black Arctic runner with two strands of silver Crystal Flash
  • Head: Chartreuse
  • Inventor: Hilmar Hansson
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— Siggi Haugur

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