Klinkhamers - tails/shucks or none like the original?

[stevekale]

Title says it all. Just wondering what people find the most successful. I was intrigued by the flash strands on Chris Sandford's Wing Bud Emerger in this month's FF&FT and wondered if people applied similar to their Klink's.

[tk8456]

I try and put something pearly on there somewhere.

Be it a rib or even just a band where the 'thorax' is. Just to represent a bubble of air, yes

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by stevekale

Title says it all. Just wondering what people find the most successful. I was intrigued by the flash strands on Chris Sandford's Wing Bud Emerger in this month's FF&FT and wondered if people applied similar to their Klink's.

If your adding "bits" to a fly there are others worth tinkering with other than a Klink. It does not get any better.
The only comment i would add is for some reason early season the fish appear to prefer them shaggier and then latterly neater.

[BRUCE1]

im sure Hans would be mortified

as they are for me a proven catcher time and time again...........

[stevekale]

Well it would of course be a "variant".

I was also thinking of using wrapped biots for the abdomen for a nice segmented look. I've tied parachute flies this way and was thinking about how the Klinkhamer sits under the surface film versus the parachute with tail sitting in the surface film.

Any musings on the differences/similarities and applications of Klinkhamers vs parachute (upwing) flies would be appreciated.

(I've got some great looking TMC 212Y hooks from Phil Holding that look the business. Dramatically smaller than the Partridge Klinkhamer Extreme hooks I had been using.)

[muro08]

dont mean to hijack this thread but is the green peter a wet or dry fly?

i didnt want to start a whole thread just to ask that question

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by muro08

dont mean to hijack this thread but is the green peter a wet or dry fly?

i didnt want to start a whole thread just to ask that question

Why not? People start new threads for sillier questions than that!

It's a wet.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Scratch

It's a wet.

Unless you fish it as a dry obviously.

I agree about the question, infact i would go as far to say the sillier the question the better.

Anyone know what a long haired male adult hamster weighs (In Oz)?

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Anyone know what a long haired male adult hamster weighs (In Oz)?

Same as it does over here

[BRUCE1]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Unless you fish it as a dry obviously.

I agree about the question, infact i would go as far to say the sillier the question the better.

Anyone know what a long haired male adult hamster weighs (In Oz)?

ask mr bailey hes a aussie