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Very close to the Henryville indeed, but not quite the same.

The US fly has a very pronounced body hackle, and uses traditional quill wings combined with wood duck or mallard fibers, where the Eurpea has no body hackle and uses a whole duck feather (or two) for the wing. But apart from that the flies are surprisingly identical in overall appearance.

The Henryville is a caddis fly imitation like the Europea, created pre-WWII like the Europea. It was originated by Hiram Brobst for use on the the Henryville in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.

Whether one is inspired by the other or not is unknown to me, but as with many other fly patterns, the chance of two almost similar flies being created independently is pretty high. Especially with generic flies such as these caddis imitations, which after all have to have a caddis profile and therefore inevitably will wind up somewhat identical.

See how to tie the Henryville Special in our video section.

Martin

Nils,

Thanks for your comment.

16,000 salmon is a pretty hefty number! Using my little tool and taking into account the short Icelandic season of 90 days puts rather a big pressure on the angler in question. Let's say that the fish were caught during a 10-year period. That would give an average of almost 18 fish per fishing day, all 90 days, every season for all 10 years. Not a single day missed out! No illness, no blown out waters, no cars breaking down, no birthdays or burials! Only fishing.

For the sake of realism (or what you'd call it) we could give this guy 20 years to obtain the goal. He'd still have to catch at least 9 salmon per fishing day, three months in a row, every season for two decades - come hell or high water!

That is indeed pretty impressing ...and maybe not totally true...

Martin

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Nice and different article!

I have my own experiences with some people claiming some catches that are out of this world here in Iceland. I fish a lot here, MUCH more than most other anglers here. I fish many of the best rivers and mostly have very good catches. So I know what is possible for one person to catch in a season. It is Atlantic Salmon Im talking about here.

I have two funny stories. One is about a guy claiming he had caught over 4000 salmon. These person is a guide so I already was wondering when this guide should be catching all these fish when being a guiding all season. But I got the answers myself when I was with this person for two weeks. After this period, he was telling people that he had caught 124 salmon. The fact is the this person was guiding these two weeks and did not catch any salmon, I was there! So either this person wants to make a name by lying or the does not know what is coming out of his mouth.

Another remarkable story is an angler claiming over 16,000 Atlantic salmon. The season is 90 days here in Iceland and this guy has a family, work and is also guiding. Im not judging here but MANY people ask me about this and I don't have the answer. I know that even though I fish and catch a lot, I will never come near this number in my life

Rasmus Hansen calculated on these 16,000 salmon and it could be interesting to hear a comment from him.

My fishing has over the years just developed into enjoying more and more when me and my friends have some action. These people who have a need to stand out a talk about some crazy numbers simply don't interest me. This is not what fishing is about. But if people ask my about my fishing, I will tell them but try to be a little humble and show interest in others fishing.

Best regards from Iceland

Nils

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Hi there.
Where can you buy those colorfull burl cork rings in the pick?thanks.
Sincerely Jano

Submitted by will stone on

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i fished the crackle back which is similar to the super pupa but not the same.the crackle has caught me alot of trout when nothing else would work on the river.i will be tying the super pupa,because of the close resemblance to the crackle and i know it will catch fish.looks like a killer pattern to me,thanks for the info.

Submitted by Billy on

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Great fly as always Davie think I will tye a few with a grizzle cock hackle instead of a black hackle as a wee variant.... ;)

Submitted by Chris on

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Could it be alright that will put thing about this in my small personal weblog if I post a reference to globalflyfisher.com ? and Happy New Year!

Submitted by 1737246310 on

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I use a 1.00$hole punch for tickets, I use iton plastic, paper etc the hole punch makes a perfect eye.

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I missed out on a golden opportunity to learn from one of the best fly tiers on the east coast (my grandfather) It wasn't till after he passed that I got interested in both fly fishing & tying. Lucky for me my uncle is pretty darn good himself and was willing to teach me the basics. But once I found your videos it was game on because I no longer had to drive him crazy every time I had a question or wanted to add a new type of fly to my fly box. Your videos are the best and have been very helpful. Thanks a million!

Submitted by Jim Misiura 17… on

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Great Article! I can see why this works for you. Thanks for sharing!

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