![]() ![]() A frantic search of my boxes unearthed a big, dark Comparadun and success was quickly mine. After several hours of fruitlessly alternating upstream nymphs with downstream bucktails, brown drake mayflies started floating past me and several of the biggest cutthroat I’d ever seen materialized from among the rocks. ![]() Tail and Wing: Guard hair from a snow-shoe hare’s footīody: Dubbed under-fur from the same foot Comparadun Taya CornettĪs I stood in a cold penetrating drizzle, Alberta’s North Ram River, with its beach-rock bottom seemingly devoid of life, was doing me no favours. Thread: 8/0 Uni-Thread, originally primrose To get the desired effect, it’s best to select a Type 1 CDC feather, although this somewhat restricts the design’s usefulness, since Type 1 CDCs usually come in a limited range of sizes. For me, when a Klinkhamer fails to interest a riser, a CDC & Elk frequently seals the deal. This simulates both an emerger leaving a filmy shuck, and a stillborn or crippled insect, all of which are attractive trout targets. Applied this way, the body resembles sparse dubbing, with a bulkier thorax and filmy projections due to escaped barbules. The body and thorax is a CDC (cul de canard) feather tied in by its tip at the rear of the shank, and then wrapped forward. The name recognizes its forebear-the Elk Hair Caddis- though deer hair, not elk, is generally used for the wing. Hans Weilenmann, also from the Netherlands, came up with this design. Hackle: Wound parachute style CDC & Elk Taya Cornett Hook: Partridge 15BNX or Daiichi 1160, sizes 8 to 18 In a size 18, it has seduced numerous rainbows feeding on midges. One of my favourite Klinkhamer patterns features a white wing, black body and grizzly hackle. The fact that two different hook companies offer a model for a single fly design speaks volumes about its popularity. Recently, Daiichi introduced the 1160 model, also designed by van Klinken. Originally, van Klinken bent traditional hooks to get this shape, but for more than a decade, Partridge has offered specialty Klinkhamer hooks. The Klinkhamer’s key element is the way part of the body hangs below the surface. However, it’s also a fine stand-in for other aquatic species. Fundamentally, the Klinkhamer Special represents a mayfly emerger, the stage where the swimming nymph reaches the surface and begins to transform into a dun. When tying these flies, only use dry-fly-quality cock hackle, except where noted.Īdvertisement Klinkhamer Special Taya CornettĬreated by Dutch angler Hans van Klinken, this is the world’s leading dry fly for trout, in my opinion. The following fly recipes include typical fly-tying materials, but not necessarily those appearing in the accompanying photos of completed flies (tied by Tim Hiltz and Paul Marriner). By following the basic designs of these flies, and tweaking the sizes and colours to match local insects, you can raise brookies, browns, ’bows and more from Newfoundland to B.C. ![]() Some are specialists, while others have many uses, but they all share one key feature: adaptability. This may sound as if you need to carry a lot of flies, but you can keep it simple by narrowing down your choices to the following 10 patterns, each designed to fill a role in your dry-fly arsenal. A fly that floats well in rapids or pocket water, for example, might prove overdressed for a spring creek. You also need to consider the water itself. Up to 30 Steelhead a day on a fly rod is possible when the runs are at their peak but it can also be very crowded during these times.To consistently catch trout on dry flies, you need to be ready to imitate practically everything they eat off the surface: caddisflies, stoneflies, chironomids, the most common terrestrials and the mayfly’s emerger, dun and spinner stages. Steelheading in the lower sections can be some of the best steelhead fishing in the area at the right time and this lower section is good to fish with a fly rod, a float rod or spinning reel. For info on best gear and all the gear I use and recommend for fishing the upper beaver river and for trout go HERE. These sections are usually small, tight and heavily forested but can be a lot of fun. There are good numbers of brook trout in the upper sections and in some of the tributaries. and for all the best centerpin gear I use and recommend go HERE. For information on steelhead fishing go HERE. With the proper presentation you can catch these big brown trout during the day. I have been fishing the beaver river for over 30 years and I have been teaching anglers the required methods for getting the big ones on the line in this river for over 15 years. ![]()
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