Crossover Klink

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The Klinkhamer has to be one of the most deadly dry flies ever tied and if we are honest we all would have loved to have come up with that idea.

Looking at the forum today and the fly dressing board in particular got me thinking about what flies I could tie this morning. I've only tied Sekasa Kebari style tenkara flies so far and no dries are in my little pot.

I though it might be possible to take a Klink and dress it to look more tenkara like. I'm not sure if this has been done before but I've read about people using the klink with tenkara kit and though it might be nice to try. I expect the fly will fish in a similar way to a regular klink, maybe just a little more vertical.....here's my effort.

Materials:

Hyabusa 270 #14 - uni 8/0 tan - fly-rite poly dub #19 light tan - peacock herl - poly yarn wing.




I'll let you guys decide if it fits the tenkara style enough or not.

[custheyder]

If it catches fish.... I'll stick it on a line! I've tied a dry version before. Have a look at this.

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Nice fly.

Its almost a semi submerged shuttlecock style.
I have several similar patterns to this fly in olive & black with a cdc post instead of the poly yarn.
They fish well on both lochs & rivers for trout & grayling.

Regards Stevie.

[adric]

This flly looks good. I think the advantage of being able to create you own flies is that you can play arround with ideas.

It does seem to have a lot in common with the shutelcock style.

Richard

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It's interesting to see how other anglers view flies, I guess because my original idea came from the klinkhamer it never crossed my mind that it looked like anything other than a klink. Looking at it again after your comments I guess it does have a lot in common with a shuttlecock.

I'm a big fan of synthetics when it comes to winging materials, I lost interest in CDC a while ago. Once wet I've always found CDC to be a pain as it just doesn't perform the same after a good wetting no matter how well you dry/treat it. I always found it easier to simply replace the fly with a fresh one after every fish.

I've since replaced all my CDC flies with poly yarn alternatives, from F-flies to loopwing caddis they're all tied with synthetics now over CDC.

Thanks for the replies guys.

[leckie]

Douglas,

Nicely tied fly....looks a killer fly to me...thanks for posting

tight lines

Alex

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i use the red and olive klink more than any dry fly i will also be using it for targeting coarse fish as i can't see why it wouldn't work. great fly mate now tie it up in as many different colours as you can think of and tight lines.

[paul1966]

Thank you troutfly, I'm not the best fly tier in the world and struggle to tie klinkhammers. I liked the look of this fly, it looked easier to tie. So I made a few and went up to Rosebush as the river was coloured. I landed 15 wild brownies 10 on the crossover klink. This was my best day in 15 years at rosebush. I tied a black version as I knew there were Hawthorn flies about.

[custheyder]

Trout really love those dangly legged hawthorns. All my dry fishing at the moment uses a hawthorn pattern. Black with extended chenille body and black rubber legs. I can see how this pattern could be adapted to work really well for the pattern with the poly post "ginked".

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Jun 17, 2012 22:24:14 GMT paul1966 said:

Thank you troutfly, I'm not the best fly tier in the world and struggle to tie klinkhammers. I liked the look of this fly, it looked easier to tie. So I made a few and went up to Rosebush as the river was coloured. I landed 15 wild brownies 10 on the crossover klink. This was my best day in 15 years at rosebush. I tied a black version as I knew there were Hawthorn flies about.

Well, that's great to hear.

There's a great article over at ESF eat-sleep-fish.co.uk/content/2012/04/klinkhammer-step-step written by the original designer of the Klink (Hans Van Klinken), it's really the easiest guide to follow if you want to tie the fly to it's original recipe.

The Klink is a constant feature of my fly tying and fishing, it's highly versatile and my own minor tweaks are just that, minor :0

[leckie]

I've got the klinkhammer bug...I'm going to Roseberry Reservoir this evening after work and give those 'bows another go with the Yamame...this time with the deadly klink....I've just bought a fish smoker so I want to see how a 'bow tastes when it is freshly smoked...it's a Win Win situation....as long as the fish play ball

I've also made up a cast with 12' of dapping line...so if the wind blows I'll see if I can tempt one on the dap with the T rod.

I'll let you know how I get on

tight lines

Alex

[paul1966]

Thanks troutfly those instructions look easy to follow I'll give that ago.

Cust have you got any pics of your pattern for the hawthorns? I'm too embarrassed to put any of my tyings up on here.

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Here's another great pattern for imitating Hawthorn / Gnat, I learned this pattern (Dirty Polly) from a friend over at burn-fisher.blogspot.co.uk and tied it up with turkey biot in black for just this purpose.



This was the first time I tied the pattern and I've since made some small adjustments, I now slightly taper the body, and leave out the little biot legs.

[custheyder]

If I get a chance before I leave the Island on Wednesday I'll tie you a fresh one and photograph it. Oh, and the hackle is tied deliberately very short indeed compared to standard dry fly conventions as well as clipped underneath so it gets right down in the film of the water.

*update*
....cross posted ... yes something like that but I've found the white wing is just not required for it to be a very devastating pattern. The two legs are tied in at the thorax under the hackle. (Care needed not to snip the legs when you trim the hackle.) I like the black biot... might have to tie some like that.

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The main reason for the polywing is to help the fly float the way I want it, it helps it to sit up.

To be honest if fish are on small black terrestrials it's hard to overlook a simple black spider, north country or stewart's and if they're on the surface a little gink helps