Having known Roy for many years I'm finally getting the chance to fish with him this summer. I shall report back. It will be an interesting week of fishing and fly tying.
Cheers,
C.
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Having known Roy for many years I'm finally getting the chance to fish with him this summer. I shall report back. It will be an interesting week of fishing and fly tying.
Cheers,
C.
I can't say from personal experience, but Datus Proper wrote in What the Trout Said, that upside down dries were poor hookers.
The earliest reference that I've come across to splitting the underside of the hackle with some kind of material was from Vince Marinaro in Ring of the Rise. He referred to flies of this type as "half-spent."
So, I tied one up...
The bug bond will keep the hackle collar split underneath but will not keep it flat. The natural curve of the feathers wrapped around the hook will still cause the hackle on the far side of the hook to come down towards its natural position.
This weekend I'll see what happens if I use both a biot underneath to suppor the hackle as well as the bug bond.
I'm a bit confused....I thought this post was about McPhail tying the Mosley Olive Dun.......lots of discussions about different patterns. What am I missing?