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Post by Rich on Jul 27, 2005 4:24:47 GMT -5
Hi Guys Can anyone explain how to fish klinkhammers? Are they fished in surface layer? or on surface? I guess a floating line? Are they fished singley or on dropppers? Any links as to where i can buy a few? Thanks  |
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Post by Chris on Jul 27, 2005 4:30:49 GMT -5
Rich,
I sell them - I'll send you some for those Wigglefins - PM me your address
They are fished in the surface. The post on the top of the fly holds the hackle which sits on the water. The actual body of the fly will be submerged beneath the water. IS it a dry or is it not - no-one will agree. It is however a cracking fly.
Chris
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Post by Rich on Jul 27, 2005 4:36:58 GMT -5
Hi Chris Thaks you very much In which case ignore my note in envelope - all will be clear  Have PM'd you.... Any tips on how to fish them from anyone?? Thanks |
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Post by AlanB on Jul 27, 2005 4:40:21 GMT -5
Hi Rich,
The original way to fish a Klink was to let it run down stream while staring up the river bottom with your feet.
Now a days we don't do that sort of thing. It can be used as a searching dry fly (though some argue that it isn't a dry fly....I don't want to go there) They are especially effective on broken water. Search up and across drifting the fly down. The fly should sit with the hackle in the surface film.
One thing I have come to realize is that the smoother the waters surface the smaller the Klink should be. Most of mine are tied on size 16 to 22 ( probably 10 to 16 in normal fly sizes. (The Original hook is very large).
There are many regional versions of the Klink and I am sure they all work but for me the original is still the best. If you get some "inside" information that such and such a Klink works then go with that but try the original.
Regards
Alan.
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Post by swifty on Jul 27, 2005 5:12:10 GMT -5
Hi Rich,
I fish klinks upstream like a normal dry and find them very effective. Its important to only put floatant on the hackle, as if you get it on the body it won't sit properly in the water. One of the advantages of klinks is the post makes it easy to follow your fly's progress in broken water or when its getting dark.
Cheers,
S
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Post by nicepix on Jul 27, 2005 5:19:15 GMT -5
They can also be use as a top dropper fished New Zealand style with a small nymph suspended from the hook.
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Post by Greendrake on Jul 27, 2005 5:51:59 GMT -5
In addition to putting floatant on the hackle I also wet the body to help it hang sub-surface.
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Post by george43643 on Jul 28, 2005 7:39:21 GMT -5
how should they be used on still waters?
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Post by JayP on Jul 28, 2005 7:56:46 GMT -5
how should they be used on still waters? Left to drift! |
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Post by richardw on Jul 28, 2005 8:46:28 GMT -5
Hi Guys Can anyone explain how to fish klinkhammers? They are best fished in fast water. Rapids, weir pools, below croys and groynes are all classic swims for this emerger. If you dress them using Hans van Klinken's original materials (maybe with a pink, orange or black wing as the white wings are almost invisible in foaming white water runs that really suit this fly) and if you take the wing post material a long way under the body, air is trapped in the crinkled materials giving the flies a very deadly characteristic... Cast up into a violent, boiling current, say just behind a boulder over which the water pours in a strong, down-turning current. The current will very likely take the fly under, perhaps as much as a foot or so. As it drifts into the slightly less strong current it will rise up to the surface. When this happens it is almost irresistible to the fish. The fly is usually eaten just as it breaks through the surface again. richard |
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