Laerdal Sunray Shadow – Yellow

The original Sunray was originated by Ray Brooks and is a masterpiece of simplicity and is the ultimate minimalistic salmon fly. These lightweight tubes have accounted for many heavyweight salmon.

The slightly larger heads on these tubes are another feature of the original and salmon just love to chase them. Sunray’s come alive in the current and have incredible movement in the water. They can be fished at a variety of speeds swung round in the current, or casting upstream and allowing it to sink deeper than you can by casting across stream.

If you are heading to West Ranga or East Ranga salmon rivers here in Iceland you should be sure to have few of these in your box as they have been proven to be absolutely lethal there.

Here Ryan Houston ties a variant of the Laerdal Sunray: