vince Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Junior and Dave R. Sorry to say that I won't be at tonights meeting as I've got to put in a work shift. The RS Quad series of flies are awesome trout catchers and the series (after getting the tye instructions from our Barry Wright...thank you Barry) have proved to be absolute winners for me. I tend to follow the creators instructions as to materials so I've never seen it tyed on a Klink hook and I'm sure it would be a winner. As I won't be there I do hope that the session will be posted on our site. Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave robinson Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Vince: I've used two different Klink hooks, both by Partridge. They produce a Klinkhammer and a klinkhammer Extreme. The extreme has a much greater bend in the shank. Teh only problem with both is that the wire and hook gap is larger than one would expect for the stated hook size Thir #20 looks more like #18 to my eye, Don't know what hook I'd use for a real #20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Dave I've tyed the Klink on both the regular Klinkhammer hook and the Extreme and I have to say that I like the hook gap on the regular hook but do not like, at all, the gap on the Extreme. Both I'm sure work well but for me I prefer the regular hook. Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoWolf Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Great program last night. Both presenters are top notch tyers and the proof was in the pudding. Thx Dave and Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I forgot to mention last night, that hackling technique had a "happy accident" element to it. I wasn't satisfied with the way a normal parachute wing sits straight up, perpendicular to the hook. A real mayfly's wings slope back at an angle, so I was trying to achieve that. Once I'd tied one up, I realized that this method solved the other problems I'd been working on; getting the front hackle fibres off the water, and pushing the middle and rear hackles down. Also, I've been testing a variant, where I leave the hackle after tying off the parachute, dub the thorax, then palmer 2 or 3 wraps of hackle over the thorax, tye off and trim, then clip the palmered hackle like a thorax pattern, but wider, so that the hackle fibers arc just below the body of the fly. Makes a nice footprint, and keeps the fly just a little drier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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