Fly Tying Book Hendrickson

Hook: Dry Fly 12-16
Thread: Tan
Tail: Dun Hackle Fibers
Body: Tan / Pinkish Tan
Wing: Woodduck / Mallard Flank
Hackle: Dun
Note: Change Body to Musrat and use a darker hackle to produce a "Dark Hendrickson"

RWFF Fishing Tip:

The dark and light Hendrickson flies are good general mayfly dun imitation patterns.

HISTORY:

Back in 1915 Albert Everett Hendrickson of Scarsdale, NY, USA wrote to Roy Steenrod, about tying a fly to match the dark North American up-winged dun mayfly Ephemerella subvaria. Roy lived in Liberty, NY and fished the Beaver Kill, Esopus, Nerversink and Willowemoc rivers. Albert uwas invited to accompany Roy on some fishing trips. One day in 1916 whilst fishing on the Beaver Kill river below the junction pool at Roscoe, a hatch of flies came on. They had never seen the fish rise so freely for any fly as they did for this hatch. Roy caught one of the insects and put it in his fly box and tied a fly to match. They tried it out after lunch. They took fish after fish with this new fly pattern day after day. Two days after the fly was first tied the matter was brought up as to what to call this killer pattern. Roy named it after his new fishing friend and it has been known as the Hendrickson ever since.