Copper Smith

Copper Smith

Hook - Single or double salmon, sizes 2–10

Thread - Black

Tail - Bunch yellow calf-tail

Body - Flat copper tinsel

Ribbing - Fine gold wire or finest oval tinsel

Hackle - Bunch yellow calf-tail

Wing - Black calf-tail

Author’s Note

This is another salmon fly by Hans P. Odegard, who ties flies in the Norwegian copper-mining town of Røros. Hans acts as guide on the wonderful Gaula River in summer, and this fly catches many salmon there. It is excellent elsewhere in the salmon world.

 Extra hotspots (e.g. a tag of fluorescent red floss) and a little flash (3–4 strands of Crystal Hair) may increase the effectiveness of this fly.

Fishing Flies – Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley