Hendricksons

[Neithan]

since my initial intro was less than stellar allow me to offer up some useful info to make up for it. these guys are probably the most famous of eastern hatches and definitely a favorite of mine. since we just got another 9" of snow last night something from a warmer time of year looks good.

HENDRICKSON
Ephemerella Subvaria or the Hendrickson is the first real hatch of large
mayflies for the year. They begin to hatch around the 18th of April in WNY & last
about two weeks. They are 12-14 in size with the males being smaller &
darker than the females. Emergence begins around 2pm & will last an
hour or two. Spinners are rusty colored & usually at dusk or occasionally
in the morning if nights are too cool. Three Tails. The peacock emerger is particularly good on tough fish.

HENDRICKSON NYMPH


MALE HENDRICKSON DUNS








FEMALE HENDRICKSON DUNS






FEMALE HENDRICKSON SPINNER

[Neithan]

HENDRICKSON NYMPH

HOOK: DAIICHI 1260 14
THREAD: UNI CAMEL 8/0
TAIL: GP TAIL
RIB: WINE WIRE
ABDOMEN: SLF SQUIRREL NAT FOX
WINGCASE: TYVEK COLORED BROWN
THORAX/HEAD: SLF SQUIRREL NAT FOX

PEACOCK EMERGER

HOOK: DAIICHI 1150 12-14
THREAD: PINK 8/0
TAIL: WOOD DUCK FLANK
RIB: .004 MONO
BODY: PEACOCK HERL
THORAX: HENDRICKSON SUPERFINE
HACKLE: DARK DUN
WING: GREY DEER

DISABLED DUN-HENDRICKSON

HOOK- DAIICHI 1260 #14
THREAD- 8/0 RUSTY BROWN OR PINK
TAIL- WOOD DUCK FLANK FIBERS
RIB- FINE COPPER WIRE
ABDOMEN- HARE'S EAR DUBBING
WING- CARIBOU HAIR
THORAX- DUN SNOWSHOE RABBIT SPUN IN LOOP AND TRIMMED ON THE BOTTOM.

HAIR WING EMERGER FEMALE

HOOK: DAIICHI 1180 12
THREAD: PINK 8/0
TAIL: BROWN SPARKLE YARN
RIB: PINK THREAD
BODY: TAN TURKEY BIOT
HACKLE: DARK DUN
WING: GREY DEER

HAIR WING EMERGER MALE

HOOK: DAIICHI 1180 14
THREAD: PINK 8/0
TAIL: BROWN SPARKLE YARN
RIB: GREY THREAD
BODY: PINK TURKEY BIOT
HACKLE: DARK DUN
WING: GREY DEER

RUSTY PARA SPINNER

HOOK: DAIICHI 1180 12-14
THREAD: UNI RUSTY BROWN 8/0
TAILS: HACKLE FIBERS
WING: WHITE POLY YARN
BODY: RUSTY BROWN SUPERFINE
WINGS: HACKLE WOUND PARACHUTE STYLE AND TRIMMED TO SPENT WING SHAPE


DNA SPINNER RUSTY

HOOK: DAIICHI 1180 10-18
THREAD: RUSTY BROWN 8/0
TAIL: LT DUN HACKLE FIBERS
BODY: RUSTY SUPERFINE
WING: DNA FIBER OR ORGANZA














all photos © Nick Pionessa

[beadhead]

my favorite hatch! Thanks for making winter that much longer- butnut! Good stuff man.

[Flyfisher]

Great info and photos! Great ties. The Nymph looks like a great repersentation of the natural.

[SlowNDeep]

[quote author=Neithan link=topic=2334.msg16408#msg16408 date=1230744698][/quote]
Thanks for the incredible images.

Spun snowshoe is a great look, I love that fly.

[FK]

Fabulous photographs, thanks for posting.

Regards,
FK

[alanb_ct]

Nick,

Your photography is outstanding, especially the Hendrickson nymph. That may be the best picture of that stage I have seen.

From where did you catch all those beautiful wild browns? The Catskills?

[Magnet]

Neithan,
What kind of camera did you use ? Those are beautiful pictures.

[AaronJasper]

Thanks for the great contribution! I like the spun snoeshoe as well and will be making some of those with a z-lon shuck! I love the Hendrickson hatch! The highlight of that hatch has to be the spinnerfalls. They usually bring out the big boys!

[Neithan]

thank you for the kind replies.

"From where did you catch all those beautiful wild browns? The Catskills?"

yeah the catskills..... :

the cam would be either a Nikon d1, d100 or d70 some of those may be from any of those cams. all the macros and likely most of the fish shots were with the 105 micro lens.