Old "standard" fly patterns vs. new designs

[Byron haugh]

I agree with Allan also, Look at the flies from the renowned shop BRF , which most of us buy from, none are almost exact replicas of an original bug like Harrops (which i support monitarily also). What ever happened to the "trigger" of a tied fly anyway? I live on a very heavily fished tailwater in the east and all my flies have some sort of trigger incorporated in them.
Rene' is an artist. His flies are almost too nice to fish, and in my opinion, he is the best at what he does and designed. hands down.the best. But i beg to differ on his opinion . The boys and girls swimming around the corner appear,at this point also, not to care about exact imitations also. when their opinion changes so will mine.

You certainly do not need to change your opinion! Maybe, though, if you fish the Ranch on the Henry's Fork. It is purported to be one of the toughest sections of any river to fool the biggest guys there. You might find yourself sneaking into the TroutHunter and buying a few of House of Harrop flies to fish to the big boys there.