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Floating Nymph
Hi,
Not the best tie, as only the second I have tied. This is a BWO floating nymph. With the "pull over" parachute post into a wing case, you get a 3/4 parachute. Saw this pattern drawn in Jason Borger's web site.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_1543.jpg
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_1547.jpg
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_1548.jpg
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Hey Byron, it is an interesting fly and well tied. What is the difference between this and a hackle stacker in overall effect other than it seems easier to tie? Is it supposed to ride on the surface like a normal parachute or ride just under the surface? There are times when I feel a fish will refuse my parachute due to the post and this may be a solution for it but it would be harder to see.
Greg
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I find it to be an interesting pattern - not mine, but Jason Borger's. It is to be fished right in the film. By design, it is sort of meant to be a pre-emerger (I think). It still has the wing case - nymph like instead of the "usual" true emerger with the trailing shuck................
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A different version of the same fly. Borger says to have the wingcase extend beyond the eye of the hook.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_1557.jpg
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Here is some information on the origin of that tie. That pattern is the called the Low Rider Emerging Nymph which can be seen here:
http://fishfliesandwater.com/flies-t...merging-nymph/
It is what Gary Borger would call a Transitional Stage 1 Emerger:
"TStage 1. Whether nymph or pupa, the insect pokes the top of its thorax into the surface film, and then its back splits, allowing the adult to emerge. Without this mechanism, most of the smaller species would not be able to break through the tough meniscus.
At this point, the insect is in stage 1 of emergence and is nicely imitated by the Low Rider, which my son Jason designed specifically for this stage.
For film flies, profile is everything. The profile?or visual footprint?at this stage should mimic the nymph or pupa tucked up tight on the underside of the film with its back protruding through the surface. The Low Rider uses the 3/4 hackling technique that places the hackle above the body of the nymph (like a parachute hackle) so that the body lies just under the surface. The delicate proportions make the fly look as natural in the film as possible."
Gary's complete explanation of the 5 stages of emergence can be seen HERE as a preview of his book Fishing the Film.
Well before the technique was called the paraloop or hackle stacker, Gary tied the his braided butt damsel in 1985 using this parachute post pull over technique. It was the first time I saw this technique used.
I tied the braided butt damsel for a dry fly swap at Flyfish@ way back in the early '90s. Hans Weilenman, also a member of Flyfish@ tied his now famous CDC & Elk, the first time his pattern was revealed on the internet. Click on the small photo of the Braided Butt Damsel to see the clear pulled over parachute post. It was after Braided Butt Damsel that Jason tied the Low Rider using the pulled over post technique.
http://www.xmission.com/~amundsen/dry1.htm
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Silver,
Yes, it is Jason's design. However, the paraloop differs in that it is generally tied with a thread "post" using a gallows tool. Thus, the hackle splays out more; does not have a wing case; and does not have material protruding over the hook eye. Unless I tie paraloops differently?
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Byron,
Kudos on your flies. They looks great.
Your are correct in that the dun/emerger paraloop has no wing case over the hackle. However, other paraloop patterns do use a tied over thorax.
Chapter 10 of Ian Moutter's book, Tying Flies the Paraloop Way, shows Jim Cramer, a member of Flyfish@ at the time of the fly swap. His version of the Borger Braided Butt Damsel uses the paraloop hackle with a pulled over thorax over the paraloop hackle.
It was Hans Weilenman who put Jim Cramer in contact with Ian, and I think Jim got the idea for the braided butt damsel from the Flyfish@ Fly Swap.
Other paraloop patterns do have the thorax tied over the paraloop hackle. This is how Ian ties spinner patterns, crane flies, and other patterns that have splayed wings.