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Maja (Jacobsen)
Tied by Per Hansen

Name	Maja
Category	Seatrout
Hook	Partridge single, low water-2, 4, 6
Tail	Furnace hackle fibers
Body	Bottle green wool yarn turned as a cigar; Over the wool yarn, peacock herl
Rib	Embossed gold tinsel
Wing	Jungle Cock shoulder feathers back to back
Hackle	2 furnace soft cock hackles

Maja was tied by Danish fly tyer Per Hansen. He tied this popular pattern for Denmark's River Karup, widely know for its excellent Seatrout fishing.  You can see more of his flies at The Flies of Per Hansen.

Per's Notes: This fly was originated by the late Svend Jacobsen around 1950.