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Henryville Special
Tied by Dennis Perkinson |
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Hook: Dry fly, size 12 to 18
Hackle: Ginger or brown
Rib: Grizzly hackle, palmered
Body: Light olive
Thread: Olive
Wing: Woodduck flank over which are a pair of turkey wing segments
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| Tying Instructions |
The original pattern calls for grey duck wing quill segments. I've
modified this to utilize the turkey because I can tie turkey better than I
can duck. Plus, I like the looks of the fly when it is tied with mottled
turkey.
- Before tying, coat a pair of matching turkey feathers with whatever you
want to use to stiffen and strengthen - head cement, hair spray, etc.
Allow to dry.
- Lay down a thread base from just behind the hook eye to bend of hook.
- Tie in a grizzly hackle by the tip.
- Dub the body from bend of hook to half way between point of hook and
back of hook eye.
- Palmer the grizzly hackle forward to the end of the body dubbing and tie
off.
- Cut the grizzly hackle flat across the top.
- Tie in some woodduck flank barbs so that the tips of the barbs extend
just beyond the end of the hook.
- Cut two wing segments of equal width from the pair of matching turkey
feathers (one from each feather).
- Mount the wing segments "tent style" (or, as in my case, as close to it
as you can get) so the wings extend one-eighth to one-quarter inch beyond
end of hook.
- Cut a "V" in the wing segments so the top of the "V" is at the end of
the wing segments and the bottom is just over the end of the hook.
- Tie in 3-4 wraps of ginger or brown hackle.
- Whip finish.
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| Fishing Tips |
The Henryville Special originated around 1920 in Henryville, PA, USA, which is in the Pocono Mountains in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania. It is based on an earlier, unnamed British fly similar to the Kimbridge Sedge, which was used on the River Test. Doug Swisher and Carl Richards wrote: "it is the greatest hackle pattern we have ever used and can be fished drag-free, skittered, or even wet and dragging."
You can trim all the hackle on the bottom to improve the fly's landing
upright and to get it to float low in the water.
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