Pictures

Tagged

Maarten van Eijk

$Opening - Unlike most wing burners, Maarten van Eijk\'s toils are tightly closed by default and have to be opened using your fingers or a special tool, which can keep them open while you place or remove the film$

Opening

$A complete set - Maarten van Eijk\'s wing burners come in a wealth of shapes and sized, suitable for most of the insects we imitate$

A complete set

The tag burner

Placing the tag

The caenis

Caenis imitation

$A box full - An image from <a href=\"http://flyflasher.com/flies/klympen-2/6270\">FlyFlasher by Anders Kvalnes</a>. The very typical Norwegian version and color variatons$

A box full

$The most common variation - This is the most common style: curved hook, tread body, copper rib and a very voluminous dubbing front. From <a href=\"http://flyflasher.com/flies/klympen/1925\">Calle Eklind on FlyFlasher</a>.$

The most common variation

$Klympen at work - It\'s not the location Klympen, but close, and it\'s the originator Henning Eskol landing a very decent fish.$

Klympen at work

In the cradle

$Eivind Baerulfsen\'s version - Norwegian <a href=\"http://www.fluefiskern.no/webshop/flies/klympen.html\">Eivind Baerulfsen</a> is a warm proponent of the fly, which he ties and sells.$

Eivind Baerulfsen's version

$Close, but no cigar - Danish Emil La Beet\'s version looks more like the oiginal than meany variations, but misses the copper body and the tail$

Close, but no cigar

The original Klympen

Flies tagged Klympen

Doing its job

X-flies

Myself

A recent incarnation

$Stiff upper lip - For some reason the fly often hooks fish in this manner. Here it\'s the orange variation that\'s worked again.$

Stiff upper lip

$The orange variation - This is Henning Eskol\'s own orange variation, which typically doesn\'t have a front hackle, but still has the copper body$

The orange variation

$Floss bodied Klympen - Norwegian Frode Henriksen uses floss, tinsel and seal\'s fur dubbing$

Floss bodied Klympen

Very close

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