Klinkhamer

Hook: Partridge Klinkhamer X-treme #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Wapsi SLF Squirrel – Natual Fox
Thorax: Peacock
Wing-post: Poly-yarn
Hackle: Whiting

Up to when it is time to tie in the hackle this pattern is very simple, but once you get the tie-in of the hackle around the wing-post it comes down to avoiding trapping too much hackle beneath the thread.

The poly-yarn gives good visual aid to the fly and if you look from underneath it you can see the footprint it will give on the surface. A great pattern that can be varied with colors and scruffiness to achive different behaviour.

Tying Small Flies

Posted on 27 April, 201327 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide book ed engle small flies

Title: Tying Small Flies
Author: Ed Engle
ISBN-10: 0811700828
ISBN-13: 978-0811700825
Published: 2003
Pages: 240

When I started tying flies the smallest I could comfortably was around a hook 18/20, smaller than that and I could not get my hands around it. The challenge quickly came when I started to replicate a pattern from a #12 down to the smallest I had – the better controll I got on the smaller helped me tie the larger patterns, and I had a large set of sizes to choose from when it came to fishing them. Tying really small ( down to #32 ) was a good challenge to have, but there are not may sites that have patterns or are dedicated to the art of tying small flies.

This book have short, but very well presented, starting chapters with a comparison of different hooks, threads and material. The notes on threads early on gives a good indication on the research done that I really appreciate. The rest of the book is divided into various chapters on midge larvae, olives, tiny parachutes, tricos, floating nymphs and even a chapter dedicated to #32 flies in the end. There are SBS on different patterns, but also discussions and notes on different material, experience with the different patterns and methods in-between. A book that can be read straight through, or just as a lookup for when you need inspiration on a specific pattern when you start tying those sub #20 flies.

UTC Vinyl Rib NYM

Posted on 26 April, 201326 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide dai-riki rib tmc utc

I have covered the UTC Vinyl Rib MDG earlier, this time it is the larger Nymph version that is wrapped on two of the same hooks and in addition on the TMC 2457 #8 hook to show how this size will appear on the different hook sizes.

Dai-Riki 135 #16

TMC 2488 #20

TMC 2457 #8

CDC & Deer – Emerger

Posted on 25 April, 201325 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc deer hareline knapek taimen

Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing – Grey
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer – Olive, CDC Dark Olive

Emerger with Deer wing – can be tied with even less hair to make it slender and light

CDC & Deer – vibrant body

Posted on 24 April, 201324 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc deer dr hareline uni

Hook: DR 305 #10
Thread: UNI 6/0 Brown
Body: Single Olive Green CDC feather, wrapped around the hook
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer – Olive

Experimenting on the CDC & Deer pattern – found a CDC feather with long fibres that should give a lot of life on the surface. Have not fished with this one yet, but this should work as a atractor on the surface.

Year: 2013

Klinkhamer

Tying Small Flies