Henryville Special

[kindanewbie77]

After reading Andy B's offer to tie a few of these for the good Dr.Gonzo, I wanted to know what they looked like.....found them, and now I am wondering if you tied these without so much hackle behind the hook eye, could you fish them as a stone fly pattern....on the site I found it said they do some great skittering on the surface..sounds like a stone fly to me?

 

[AKSkim]

.... they do some great skittering on the surface..sounds like a stone fly to me?

But wouldn't a "stone" fly sink?

 

[Broadheadscreek]

After reading Andy B's offer to tie a few of these for the good Dr.Gonzo, I wanted to know what they looked like.....found them, and now I am wondering if you tied these without so much hackle behind the hook eye, could you fish them as a stone fly pattern....on the site I found it said they do some great skittering on the surface..sounds like a stone fly to me?

Guess you could adapt them to a stone fly pattern and I have even seen guy's using them on a stone fly hatch and they do work as they have a long down wing. But it was tied as a caddis imatation and is killer here on the Brodheads on those warm summer nights when the trout are in the fast water keying on caddis the hackle holds them high and dry!!

 

[Corndog]

Guess you could adapt them to a stone fly pattern and I have even seen guy's using them on a stone fly hatch and they do work as they have a long down wing. But it was tied as a caddis imatation and is killer here on the Brodheads on those warm summer nights when the trout are in the fast water keying on caddis the hackle holds them high and dry!!

That's good to know BHC. Just tell me when.

Cdog

 

[Burtbords149]

You could tie the Henryville for the black stone. In Matt Grobert's Book there's a stonefly imitation that uses the same mallard wings, but has a black deer hair body that floats well and a hackle before the eye that enables some skittering. I would suggest you grab a copy of his book, not only for that stonefly but there are lots of easy to tie and very effective patterns. He also talks about tons of fly-fishing areas and techniques for NJ.

 

[Broadheadscreek]

I tye it as well with a dark body Muskrat Adams gray Superfine works as well with a rusty dunn hackle palmered through the body Quill down wing with a collar of rusty dunn hackle to keep it up on the water on a 1x long dry fly hook . When the stone fly's are doing their dance on the water tie one on and do as the Romans do get your fly out in front of the fish no need for finesse here make your fly move and create a little ripple arround it thats what the trout are looking for. Some times if you put it right on their nose the take is pretty quick as looks like the natural hitting the water.

 

[AKSkim]

Henryville Special​

 

[NJpatbee]

This is a picture of Len Wright's Fluttering Caddis that is fairly close to the way I tie them. I use the same basic pattern for caddis and stones, with the wings a little flatter for the stoneflies. The ingredients are simple: quill or fur body, stiff hackle or mink tail fibers for the downwing, and hackle in fron of the wings. Varying the color scheme is simple, and they can be tied down to a size 20 or 22 with little difficulty. The Henryville was the first caddis imitation that I used, but the the easier to tie and more versatile Fluttering Caddis style has been choice for the downwings.

If you are interested, you can pick up of copr of Leonard Wright's "Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect". It is over 35 years old, but offers an extremely effective technique.

 

[Broadheadscreek]

Nice tye Pat!! I like the way this one looks get's the body down in the film simular to Len Wrights Skittering Caddis on an up eye hook thank you for sharing!!

 

[Broadheadscreek]

Here is the Henryville Special I tye from Eric Leiser's book The Caddis And The Angler A great read and packed with information how to tye and fish!! You can just change up the color of your dubbing and adjust the wing to use as a stone fly.