Klinkhåmer Special And Thoughts Behind It

In this video i will tell you real, authors, thoughts behind an amazing fly Klinkhåmer Special. Based on article that was written by Hans Van Klinken and correspondence between Hans and myself, i will try to tell a real story behind this fly.
Its origins, evolution, how to tie it and how to fish it..
In this very video i am making my favourite colour version, give it a try....
Cheers and tight lines
Vladimir

[@davidduncan6811]

Vladimir. Thank you for an exceptional presentation of this fly. Outstanding research, history, method, optics, and personal tips. Keep it up.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much for your kind comment. I really appreciate it. Klinkhåmer is a special fly for me even though i am not using it often right now.... I fish some specific waters and fish so it just doesnt work most of the time. Thank you again Stay safe Vladimir

[@3000waterman]

The best Klink overview I've seen. Congratulations.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. I used info that was provided by the author and i asked him to see if all i said was ok... Its not 100% same as he does it but its close to it. Only difference is that he uses varnish to secure hackle and i use superglue.

[@BP-1988]

The thing that sets your fly tying videos apart from the other is that you explain how they are fished. I also like when you float them in water to show how a fish will see and recognize them. I am inspired to tie some variations of this fly for my specific creeks and streams. Keep up the great work!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Glad you like my videos. Thank you. I am trying to record videos of flies i used or at least flies i want to use because i think they may be good.... Underwater photos are something i dont include often... Mostly because i forget. Cheers

[@Tjk186]

I like your idea of tying off the peacock herl within the post / hackle / poly yarn …thank you for sharing

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Glad you like it. I tried to do it as similar as possible to what Hans is doing

[@Tjk186]

I’m glad I found your channel Vladimir...truly one of the most helpful fly tying and fishing technique channels out there...I enjoy and understand more about my days on the river than I ever did before ...thanks for all your hard work and clear explanations regarding not only how but why you do things

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much for your kind words. Glad i could be of some help. Its what i love to do... Fishing and teaching... Its very rewarding to do what i do. 😀🍻

[@kennethsanders963]

you are correct regarding the right glue to use on parachute posts.I always use head cement to finish off the fly and I apply it in the same way as you.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Good superglue is important. I never liked head cement too much. Not for parachute posts. For head cementing i was kind of lazy to do it. Thats why i do two whip finish knots 😀🍺

[@hankvana2149]

Thanks Vladimir! Good details and great pictures!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you my friend. Glad you like it. I may try to make more similar videos 😀

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Fantastic, beautifully tied and so well explained. Thanks!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks so much for your comment. Glad you like it

[@stephenlee5508]

Great demonstration & explanation, thank you.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

I am happy the effort i made was worth watching.... I will try to keep these coming 😀

[@brandonho3618]

Excellent video as always. I especially like the background info to this fly.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks my friend.... I will try to make some more similar videos 😀😀

[@taylorutah]

What a great instructional and informative video. I'm going to give this one a try!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot. Glad you like it Just yesterday i had great fishing with this fly. 🍺🍺

[@rplecker]

Very well explained and executed- excellent!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a ton. Cheers 🍺😀

[@wrbbulltrout]

Excellent discussion of the history of the fly as well as your tying comments.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks. Glad to hear you like it 😃😃

[@davidpcholinski6538]

Excellent, superb, excellent, video Vladimir. Very, very, informative. Like we talked before, I always wanted to see the right way to do a klinkhammer and it unfolded before my eyes. Thank you very much!!!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Glad you like it buddy, i want to see some klinkhåmers from you now 😀😀

[@FrostyFly]

Lots of valuable information in this video!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you my friend glad you like it 😀😀😀

[@duderoony]

What a superb fly demonstrated fantastically. You put so much effort into explaining the way you tie flies it’s so helpful. Keep doing what you do dude. And keep safe.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much. It took some more time for this one, but i am happy its worth it 😉

[@flyrodhiker8326]

Wonderful details and extremely informative sir, thank you for this sir! I’m really enjoying your channel, thanks again!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am trying to give a reason for all i am doing. I believe that by giving reason for something people will learn it more easily. 🍻

[@sheldonlipschitz5952]

Excellent presentation. I learnt so much. Thank you from Melbourne Australia.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks so much. Glad you did. This is one of my favourite videos too. I loved article that Hans wrote so i thought i put it in the video. Cheers from China 🍺🍺

[@johnshand6176]

You add great understanding and value to the art of flyfishing and flytying. I will have to buy some appropriate hooks first but I cant wait to follow your recipe. The trout will be waiting in anticipation of a wholesome morsel. Tight lines.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much. As for hooks, just use any dry fly curved hook for start. Dont bother finding partridge or any other "appropriate" hook.

[@bape710]

Great video! Thanks for the history.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you for watching. I am glad you and other people like a bit of that history 😀

[@PaulKenyonFFD]

If you want to tie a Klinkhamer this is an excellent video because it explains what to do, and most importantly why you are doing it ...

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks, these are not my thoughts... Its authors, Hans Van Klinkens. I thought it could be interesting to make a video cause not many people know his ideas behind this fly

[@bobnorman5269]

Great video. Thanks.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks for watching it. Glad to hear you like it 🍻🍻

[@rickprice8765]

Very enjoyable video. The tip about using the peacock eye herls is very helpful.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot. 😀 Those thin hearls u can use for any fly

[@reserrvoirman]

Thanks, great video on the klink. Always been a trying fly for me. Should be easier now.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Hope it helped. Tie them in as many pcs as you can.... Last one compared to first one will tell you how much you improved 🍻🍻🍻

[@spudd78]

Graet video, love the way you explain all the steps and why it is done in that particular manner. I’m glad I found your channel, truly one of the best fly tying channels out there. Keep up the good work👍🙂

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much 🙏. For this fly i did a research first, and final steps were clarified by Hans himself... Now i am in pursuit to make some similar videos... I am just waiting for some materials 😀

[@spudd78]

Oholi's flies Some of your tips and tricks have been a great help for me and has taken my tying to the next level. Looking forward to your next video👍🙂

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@spudd78 i am very happy to hear that. Glad i could be of some help. 😀😀😀

[@talon769]

Fantastic tutorial.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much. I made a small research for this one and i consulted Mr. Hans about it. Hook is not perfect but i guess people will get the idea how to tie this one. 😃😃

[@nordmende73]

Thank you very much!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you for watching :)😀

[@johnshand6176]

I just received my supply of Knapek hooks today from the Czech Republic and their size 12 barbless Scud hook with its wide gape and a shape very similar to a Klinkhamer fits perfectly. Thanks from NZ.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Knapek is a goof hook. Enjoy tying 😃😃

[@martinhodell8465]

wow- great technique. That's the best dubbing of ice-dub I've ever seen (that material is tricky to work with)

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks mate. Appreciate it. Actually, i used to put it in a dubbing loop but since its an extra step i dont do it as much now... Although that way body becomes almost indestructible. 😀

[@rjf1877]

Thank you very much, I just found your site today and find your tutorials to be outstanding ! I started with the snowshow rabbit fly tutorial and it also was terrific. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to viewing more of your work. I have seem Klinkhamer quite often, but I have never tied one (I am not very proficient with Parachute patterns). Is this pattern designed more as mayfly emerger or with the shaggy Ice Dub body can it be effective as a caddis pattern? Thanks again and please keep up the good work!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you for watching this one. I am very happy that you find my videos good and worth watching. Klinkhamer is designed to imitate caddis flies.... Whichever dubbing you use its designed as a caddis...but at the same time... Its perfect as a mayfly emerger. Make few, in few colours and more importantly in few sizes... Try them in both, mayfly and caddis hatches and you will start loving this fly 😀

[@hansstaartjes2093]

thank you for a most instructive video on your version of this famous fly. The mistakes you mentioned; tying the post too high, trapping parachute fibres etc., I have made them all! I'm also a big fan of the gsp threads. I recently bought a spool of each colour (there are not that many tbh!). One thing I notice though is that the post on my flies frequently tend to rotate on the finished flies, unless I add a drop of superglue to the base. Now you say that's detrimental to the floating ability of the fly, I'm stumped! Perhaps a drop of superglue on the hook shank as you lay the base thread down might help?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks for your kind words. That drop of superglue is something that Hans Van Klinken considers ruins buoyancy of the fly. I tried to make video according to his preferences. I personally do add superglue. When it gets dry i am sure it cant ruin buoyancy. Unless it goes up the post too high.

[@hansstaartjes2093]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing thanks for that! I find it pretty annoying when the post wiggles about! on a different note a good friend (also named Vlad!) lives in Karlovac and has invited me for a few days. I thought it might be nice to fish in the Kupica one day, but no idea where you get a license etc.

[@thorstenkramm9597]

Hi Vladimir, I'm a Flyfishing Instructor and Guide from Munich, Germany. Your fly tying videos are excellent. I'm a seasoned fly tier myself, but I learned so many helpful tricks in these videos. Keep it up and thank's a lot for your effort. Please make contact with me if you are in the area. I would love to fish with you my home waters. Tight lines, Thorsten Kramm

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Hi, first of all, thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate it. I am giving my best to deliver good and useful videos for my viewers. As for the fishing in Germany, i would love to come. I havent been in Germany ever. Except Frankfurt Airport 😂 I have seen some very nice rivers around Germany though... Is it still necessary for foreigners to have some exam before they can fish in Germany? Cheers Vladimir

[@thorstenkramm9597]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Hi Vladimir, I don't know if you got my last answer. Somehow it disappeard. You can get a three month valid guest fishing permit in any town office for about 30 Euros. That allows you to buy any day licenses for specific waters you want to fish. My chinese wife was thinking about where you were fishing in your china videos? By the way, my fishing invitation for you would be serious. Just contact me! Tight lines, Thorsten Kramm

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@thorstenkramm9597 well, youtu.be is doing it often. Comments just disappear. I didnt know about that licence. That is good to know. Place in China is near Xian, Qinlig mountains. Beautiful place. You can drink water from the river. Amazing. I understand your invitation very seriously. If i come to Germany i will contact you for sure. My email is [e-mail] 😀🍻

[@paramidge8935]

I have not tied since last spring and your videos have truly refreshed me on good technique. Thanks very much. I mainly fish chalk stream water and your reminders on certain common mistakes will help anyone produce better flies for picky fish. I am usually to lazy to tilt the fly into the vertical when wrapping a klink but can see that it does make some of the process more visible to the tier and this makes sense. I will sometimes tie very small parachutes down to 32 or so where moving everything is not a good idea! Thanks again for your detailed and explicit approach - these are very well produced videos - which camera and mike do you use?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks for all the compliments. Appreciate it. I tilt flies even when tying 32s....😂 Habit i guess. As for the gear its sony a6000 and sigma 50mm macro lense... Old one, got it for around 50 euros. Light is LED 18w i think... And another one is below the fly.... Quite bright one may think but considering i shoot video at f8 or f11 my shutter speed has to be max 1/60...should be around 1/100 for better quality.,. Considering that i do this for 6months now i think its decent. Before i used my phone.... I dont use microphone.... Just one on the camera.... Since i dont earn any money from this... And so far i dont think i want to, i wont be investing in gear soon... My only regret is that i havent bought sony of newer generation with 4K and eye auto focus...

[@splishsplash2579]

You deserve a gold medal for this tutorial , Your the man Bro, Keep them coming you are really appreciated, Can you reveal what brand of tapered leader you prefer please. Cheers keep safe

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Hahaha thank you very much. Appreciate your comment.... As for the leaders.... Varivas was making some amazing... But honestly now i use anything i can get. What i like to do is to get 3x or 4x leader tip....so i just attach tippet ring and than change tippets... Hope it makes sense..if u use 6x leader, and then you tie few flies it gets shorter by time....

[@StefanSchout]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing superb video. 👍🏻 I also use a leader with tipped ring but there’s one thing you said that could go either way; you mentioned you never go over 0,14 mm but to what direction? Up or down? Thus smaller or bigger in diameter?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@StefanSchout i like thinner tippets. But I also never use huge klinks... So i rarely use 0.16mm or thicker.... Where i fish there are no huge fish 😃

[@Boltonben]

Fantastic video. Very well explained. I learn quite a lot from your videos. Wondering if I could use Antron yarn thread bunched together?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot. Whats antron thread? Like spooled antron?

[@Boltonben]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Yes. That's correct.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@Boltonben cool... You can. If its not too thick... Try spinning it to get cool segmentation

[@BertBrehm]

Vlad, you're on to something here. I presume that the Ice Dub resembles the air bubbles in the shuck of an emerging caddis. Yesterday this pattern drew some very aggressive takes here in Montana. However, I never landed a single fish because the light wire hooks bend out. I am retying with a similar hook but with standard wire. Congratulations and thank you very much for this terrific fly.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Glad you have tried it and i'm even more glad it works there too. I had similar problems, i used some thin TMC hook and big trout bent it... Now i use some standard wire hooks. I agree about bubbles.... But whats interesting that that colour works everywhere. Montana is definitively one of the top places i'd like to visit some day. Have great time there.... I hope you will catch PB trout on it... I got mine on this one 😀 53cm fish

[@BertBrehm]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing The new hooks work. And this pattern is magic. I took a BIG fish today just before the wind blew me off the river. A personal best for me on this river.

[@BertBrehm]

www.orvis.com/p/tactical-czech-nymph-hook/1p0r

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@BertBrehm thats great news... I guess this will be among your new favourite patterns 😀😀

[@davidduncan6811]

Great instructions. What scissors please?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks 😃😃 its TMC fine tip

[@schmoonkie]

A bit of feedback. This is the first Klinkhamer I've ever tied. I was fishing the upper section of the Gibbon river in Yellowstone Park in mid-July ( 2022 ) and had good responses to this fly, though the naturals were quite smaller.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Nice to hear that. Did you use same body dubbing? For some reason i think it makes difference.

[@schmoonkie]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Yes, I used the same materials as you did in this video.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@schmoonkie still my favourite variation

[@williamklein6749]

I traveled Wyoming, Colorado and Montana this entire summer. I caught a huge number of fish with klinkhamers. Mine were not tied anywhere near as well as yours , however. I tied the parachute way higher into the post than you. What size is best for you?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Going up the post will make fly ride lower.... Which is a good thing... And regarding nice tying... Thank you for that.... But as you already noticed... Its the fisherman that catches fish... Fly neat or not is not as important.... My most productive size in the past was 12.... But over the years i gravitated towards smaller flies in general... So 16 or 14 are my go to flies now

[@johanfalkmarken]

We red the same article. Fun reading after catching many fish on his fly. Your subscribers can find it this way: Search for "The Klinkhåmer Special - 25 years later By Hans van Klinken" I have the link, but probably posting links are not OK. Thank you for your videos!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Yes, thats the one. I love that article. Post links, its ok. I dont mind. 🍺😀

[@schmoonkie]

Superb presentation. One of your best ones. Do you remember the title of the article you read by Hans Van Klinken and is it available for viewing on the Internet?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much. I believe direct link is better 😀😀 www.tomsutcliffe.co.za/fly-fishing/fly-tying/item/248-hans-van-klinken-on-his-klinkhamer-special.html

[@schmoonkie]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Perfect. Thanks!

[@schmoonkie]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Perfect. Thanks.! I've ordered the Daiichi hooks in various sizes in order to tie some of these flies.

[@schmoonkie]

​@@Oholisfliesandfishing Just one question Vladimir regarding tying this fly using your method as seen in this video. I've tied this fly using the Ice Dub UV Tan dubbing and made the body very thin, similar to yours. However, the body seems to become pinkish due to the para post underneath. I don't see the same in your video. Perhaps the video doesn't show it... Do you also see the pink showing through? The pinkish color is more pronounced once I wet the fly.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thats right.. And don't worry.... Fish will love it. Against the sun or light it becomes tan colour

[@TB-zh9pe]

Excellent video! I'm glad that you said at the end of the video that tippet size should match the size of the fly. For example, 6X will not work with a size 12 fly, but 4X would be okay. Too many anglers are so concerned about drag, and trout seeing the tippet, that they use 6X or even 7X with every fly, regardless of the fly's size and bulk. It is not hard to obtain a drag free drift with 4X and a size 12 fly. Even 3X would work if it was long enough. Trout become wary of drag, not the appearance of the tippet. In what country do you do most of your trout fishing?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you. Glad to hear that you like it. Agree.... Drag free drift is far more important than obsession over tippet size. I used to catch most of my salmonid fish in Serbia. Now i am in China, South part so there are other species here. 😃😃

[@TB-zh9pe]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Yes, there are other species in South China, like snakehead fish perhaps.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@TB-zh9pe snakeheads, topmouth, tilapia, masheer... Lots of fish... But rivers are devastated.... Very bad population

[@JOBAHT]

Objasnio si👍🏻

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

E fala 🙏🙏

[@JTweb67]

So, you tie an overhand knot in para post?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

What do you mean? Can you please refer to specific second in the video. Only knot i do is whipfinish around the post. 😀

[@rhondinepetrof7279]

IF YOU DUBB CLOCK WISE DUBBING WILL TIGHTEN AS YOU RAP

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

That actually makes sense.... You actually gave me an idea for one of the videos.... Thank you so much. I honestly didnt know that... Never gave it a thought... Now i have to change my habbit... 🍻🍻🍻

[@Tjk186]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing what a great tip!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@Tjk186 and i changed my habit. Now i dub clockwise 😀🍻

[@kennethsanders963]

THAT HOOK LOOKS LIKE A WIDE GAP SUPER DRY HOOK OHOLI .CLOSE TO TO SCUD HOOK. not a true klinkhamer hook.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

That is correct. However i dont think it matters much. If at all. Personally i believe its the same effect as klinkhåmer hook.