Valgerdur - Icelandic salmon fly

Valgerður

Valgerður is, first and foremost, a riffling hitch tube — and one of the truly deadly ones. It is tied in all sizes, from micro to large. The only thing that matters is the wing, which should never be longer than 5 cm, and shorter on micro tubes.

Materials

  • Tube: Fluorescent green
  • Thread: Fire orange
  • Underwing: Black
  • Overwing: Banana colour
  • Inventor: Hilmar Hansson
  • Head: HEAD_HERE
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— Siggi Haugur

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