One of Our Top Selling Flies: Tying the Klinkhammer Duo

In this fly tying tutorial we'll teach you how to tie one of our top selling flies, the Klinkhammer Duo! The Klinkhammer is a dry fly known around the world, and for good reason. It can be fished as an emerger, or an adult. It can be taken as a mayfly, a caddis or even a terrestrial when tied in the right variation. In short, It's a truly versatile fly that can be used to match a wide range of bugs around the world. As such, it's essential dry fly pattern to have in your fly box for those days when you're not quite sure what you'll be facing. What's more, our Duo variation incorporates a mini tippet ring to tie your dropper to when you're fishing a dry dropper/klink and dink/duo setup. If this dry fly pattern isn't in your fly box yet, it's time to change that.
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Our best selling fly
00:39 Selecting your hook
00:59 Attaching the mini ring
02:58 Tie in the parachute post
04:54 Leaving thread to rib the fly
05:10 Dubbing the body of the fly
07:12 Adding in saddle hackle
08:01 Dubbing the thorax of the fly
08:46 Wrapping the hackle
09:52 Finishing the thorax
10:45 Cutting the parachute post
Fulling Mill Technical Manager Steve Carew is an exceptional fly tyer. With decades of experience, he has lots of great tips for how to use fly tying materials and how to get the most out of your tying. For anyone new to tying, and for the seasoned veteran too, Steve has tons to share.
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[@cyguy8577]

Awesome
Pattern, thanks

[@bobbell5265]

Very nice tying Steve 👌

[@GeorgeSemel]

I have never fished that particular pattern, but I have since the 1980s when my long-gone local fly shop started stocking tippet rings; I would put them on mostly things like Hopper and Beatle patterns that I tied and would hang a # 18 or 20 PT nymph. Late summer and fall. It's a good way to fish a dropper from a dry fly. With barbless hooks, you sometimes will have the dropper slip off.

[@FullingMillTV]

Yes, agreed!

[@cwp0]

Excellent

[@johnshand6176]

Inspirational presentation! I will make a few for my next trip to the Waioeka Rover down under in NZ. Tight lines for the New Year.

[@FullingMillTV]

Cheers! Tight lines.

[@jimholland1592]

Very interesting 🤔

[@komando8365]

Awesome fly! Wish you guys had some others like it.

[@FullingMillTV]

We have a chubby series, and a water walker series, that features this tippet ring setup as well!

[@ericstrauss5198]

What is the advantage of this system vs. tying a dropper off the bend?

[@FullingMillTV]

It gives more room to the hook gap for you to hook fish, is less likely to spook them as it’s less intrusive, and it won’t slip off the hook.

[@brooktroutangler5917]

why would you want to use a hydrophobic material for the body when you want the body to actually sink and sit below the surface? Wouldn't rabbit etc. be a better option?

[@trevorluft1763]

What hooks and beads do I buy to tie Howard’s kick back cormorant please?

[@trevorluft1763]

Steve can you tie Howard’s kick back cormorant please?

[@FullingMillTV]

It’s on our list!

[@trevorluft1763]

@@FullingMillTV hi there, I’ve bought the fulling mill drop beads 2.5 mm and the boss hooks but the beads won’t go around the hooks? Ps to tie the bung buzzer.