emerger
Klinkhammer Special
- Sizes
- #12
- Imitates
- mayfly emergers · caddis emergers · midge emergers
- Origin
- Hans van Klinken, 1980s, Scandinavia
Hans van Klinken's Klinkhammer Special is a revolutionary emerger design that uses a curved hook shank to suspend the abdomen below the surface while the thorax and parachute hackle ride in the film. This creates an exact profile of an emerging mayfly or caddis, with the body dangling enticingly where trout expect to see it.
Recipe
This is one dressing. Tie it in other colors to match the hatch in front of you.
Workbench
Variants
Swipe to see In box and Add
| Size | Bead | Body | In box | Add to box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #12 | — | Olive | — | — |
At the vise
On a curved emerger hook, tie a dubbed abdomen that hangs below the film, a poly yarn parachute post, and hackle wrapped parachute-style around the post at the thorax.
Tying video
Fishing now on
Rivers whose hatch chart names this pattern this month. Names and sizes only.
Not named on this month's hatch charts.
On the water
Fish the Klinkhammer dead drift during mayfly and caddis emergence. Its profile is unique — trout see the submerged abdomen from below, exactly as they see a real emerger. It is especially effective for grayling and selective brown trout that refuse conventional dries.
History
Hans van Klinken designed the Klinkhammer in the 1980s while fishing Scandinavian grayling rivers. Frustrated by trout and grayling ignoring conventional dries during emergence, he developed the curved-shank, parachute-style emerger that would hang in the film with a submerged abdomen. It quickly became one of Europe's most important patterns.