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Henryville Special
How do you tie a Henryville Special?
Henryville Special is a dry fly pattern for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout. Find its 7 materials and 9 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
- Pattern designer
- Hiram Brobst
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Materials
- Dry Fly Hook, TMC 100, sizes 12-16
- Thread (70 Denier), Olive
- Olive Floss
- Grizzly Dry Fly Hackle (palmered body)
- Wood Duck/Mallard Flank (underwing)
- Matched Mallard Quill Sections (tent wing)
- Brown Dry Fly Hackle (front collar)
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Tying instructions
Attach thread and tie in grizzly hackle at bend
Tie in olive floss
Wrap floss body forward
Palmer grizzly hackle through body
Tie in wood duck underwing
Cut matched mallard quill slips for tent wing
Tie in mallard quill wing
Wrap brown front hackle
Whip finish