BARBLESS Dry flies, 6 x Olive Klinkhammers, Emergers, Size Choice Trout Flies (12)

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• The Klinkhammer Trout Flies were invented by The Dutch angler Hans Van Klinken as an emerging caddis pattern to catch Grayling as they floated in the surface film and called it The Klinkhammer .However the flies can also be successfully used for other emerging nymphs. Hans also fished many of the rivers in Scandinavia as well as in his native Holland. His mentor was a Swedish fly fisher, Kenneth Bostrom who had created a fly called the Rackelhammer to imitate hatching sedge
• At first he bent the hook of a parachute fly so that the abdomen would sink below the surface and the thorax would float. Later he developed a special hook that did the same but imitated the curved body angle of the insect as it hangs below the surface just as it starts to emerge. This is what makes flies different from a regular parachute dry fly. The abdomen serves as a primary trigger,
• penetrating the surface film and getting noticed by trout from a great distance, well before they pick up on the above surface footprint features. Klinkhammer flies are a fantastically popular pattern that has caught trout and grayling all over Europe and now is gaining popularity in North America. The flies floating fly is just like an iceberg: it gives it's best results when 90 per cent of it is under the water. The white top hackle makes it more visible to the fly fisher. We highly recommend klinkhammer flies. It does what it is designed to do. It imitates the natural insect and catches fish.
• Barbless Hooks
• 6 Flies Per Pack