Sunray Shadow – Diagonal cut

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.

This is one of the Must Have flies, no Salmon box is complete without it. A great choice for low water in the summer and when using the deadly riffled hitch. If presented well and fished right to the bank, fish will often go well out of their way to intercept such patterns.

This variation of Sunray Shadow has been very popular over the last few seasons, but as it has a diagonally cut head it swims differently than the original Sunray.

Here Dave McPhail ties the classic style Brooks Sunray Shadow: