Hendrickson and the Red Quill:
Dun:
Separate patterns are necessary for the duns if you want to imitate both the males and
females. It is possible the fish will become selective on one of the other sexes, but don't
become overly concerned about this until one or the other proves it is not going to work.
Remember the male is the smaller of the two. For some reason, the images below of the
two doesn't look that different. In real life, they look like two completely different mayflies.
Of course the size is the main big difference. The color of the male abdomen and thorax
is much darker, has a red tint to it and is slimmer than the female. The female abdomen
is more of a cream color with a slight red or dark green tint. The images of the two
indicate that the big red eyes of the male makes more of a difference than it actually is.
Our fly pattern colors will be available in a couple of days.
Presentation:
In most types of water the Hendricksons and Red Quills are found in, an up stream
presentation usually works best. You may note that the trout are rising to the duns only in
a certain area of the stream you will want to take advantage of that by getting into the
best possible position. It is often tough to get very close to the fish in the smoother,
moderately flowing water without spooking them. A downstream presentation may be
needed. Although it is possible that the trout may ignore the duns altogether and feed
only on the emergers, most of the hatches we have encountered the trout took the duns
very aggressively. The Hendrickson hatch does not last over a long period of time and
the size of the hatch may vary from one location to another.
Dun:
Separate patterns are necessary for the duns if you want to imitate both the males and
females. It is possible the fish will become selective on one of the other sexes, but don't
become overly concerned about this until one or the other proves it is not going to work.
Remember the male is the smaller of the two. For some reason, the images below of the
two doesn't look that different. In real life, they look like two completely different mayflies.
Of course the size is the main big difference. The color of the male abdomen and thorax
is much darker, has a red tint to it and is slimmer than the female. The female abdomen
is more of a cream color with a slight red or dark green tint. The images of the two
indicate that the big red eyes of the male makes more of a difference than it actually is.
Our fly pattern colors will be available in a couple of days.
Presentation:
In most types of water the Hendricksons and Red Quills are found in, an up stream
presentation usually works best. You may note that the trout are rising to the duns only in
a certain area of the stream you will want to take advantage of that by getting into the
best possible position. It is often tough to get very close to the fish in the smoother,
moderately flowing water without spooking them. A downstream presentation may be
needed. Although it is possible that the trout may ignore the duns altogether and feed
only on the emergers, most of the hatches we have encountered the trout took the duns
very aggressively. The Hendrickson hatch does not last over a long period of time and
the size of the hatch may vary from one location to another.
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