Klinkhamer Special #30
(Materials are listed in the order in which they are tied in. Instructions assume a right handed tier.)
Tying instructions:
- Attach thread behind eye, wind back 2/5 down the shank in touching turns, then forward to the 1/5 point. This will give a non-slip base for the wingpost.
- Tie in a small amount of poly yarn, Using the pinch&loop method.
- Lift up both sides of the yarn. Next make a number of turns circling the wing post base, laying the foundation for the parachute hackle which will be wound later on.
- Spiral the thread well into the bend of the hook and tie in the pheasant fiber by the tip. Run the thread back to the wing. Wrap the pheasant fiber to form the abdomen, leaving 2/5 of the shank for the thorax. Tie off the pheasant fiber and trim excess.
- Prepare a dun hackle. Strip fibers like you would do for a standard dry, then strip away a _few_ more fibers from one side. (If you look down on the feather, butt towards your body, tip away, shiny side on top, then strip these fibers from the right hand side of the stem) The reason for this extra fiber removal will become clear, once we start wrapping the hackle.
- Tie in the hackle immediately behind the wing post, tip facing over the bend of the hook. Make sure the hackle is laying horizontally, shiny side facing up. The hackle should be tied in by the butt, and in such a way that a small piece (some 1/16") of bare stem is visible before the hacklefibers start. Tie down the butt in front of the wing post until just behind the eye. Trim excess.
- Strip some flue off a peacock herl and dub the flue onto the thread. Wrap the peacock herl 'noodle' first behind, then in front of the wing post. (Keep hackle out of the way as you wrap the peacock)
- The parachute hackle is wound *down* the wing post. In order to do this we spiral the stem *up* the wing post first for a half turn. This is where the bare piece of stem helps, as there will be no wayward fibers obstructing procedures. Then as we start our first turn in a downward direction, the side which we stripped a bit more will be on the 'inside' of the stem, closest to the wing post. Again, because there are no fibers there a clean start can be made.
- Wind down the wing post in touching turns, some 4-5 turns in all. At the end of this come over the eye towards you and pull hackle tip down. Snake the thread over the hackle tip, yet under the wound hackle, over the eye to secure the hackle tip with two or three turns of thread. Clip hackle tip.
- Slip a couple of half-hitches over the eye, avoiding to trap down hackle fibers. Cut excess thread and complete the fly with a touch of varnish on the thread wraps.