Klinkhammer

Klinkhammer

The Klinkhammer emerger dry fly is designed to fish in the surface film, where trout intercept hatching insects. Created by Dutch tier Hans van Klinken, its parachute hackle and curved hook let the abdomen hang below the surface while the wing post remains visible above it, suggesting an emerger struggling in the film. Choose from seven colors, now including Black for a dark-bodied option alongside Adam's, Red, Purple, BWO, Sulphur, and PMD. When trout are sipping quietly and passing up conventional dry flies, this film-hanging presentation offers a different approach.

Pattern Details

• Style: Emerger / parachute dry fly, fished in the surface film
• Hook: Curved emerger hook that positions the abdomen below the surface for a trapped-insect profile
• Hackle: Parachute-style, supporting the fly at the surface while the wing post stays visible and the body hangs below
• Best Water: Flat water, slow pools, spring creeks, and tailwaters where trout feed on emerging insects
• Target Species: Trout
• Techniques: Dead-drift in the surface film during hatches, use as a searching emerger between hatches, or pair with a dry fly in a tandem rig
• Colors Available: Adam's, Red, Purple, BWO, Sulphur, PMD, and Black
• Sizes Across the Range: 12, 14, 16, and 18; select your preferred color to check its size options

Keep the Klinkhammer in your dry-fly box for selective surface-feeding trout, with the new Black color adding another option to its visible, film-hanging emerger presentation.