Joe Humphreys 3 Hackle Dry Fly

[3fhobbyist]

Trout Tactics was published in 1981 which means it was probably written in late 1979/early 1980. Dry fly hackle is much longer and stem quality has improved. Multiple flies can be tied from a single Whiting saddle hackle. I'm not so sure there is a reason to use 3 separate hackle to tie a catskill style dry fly now.

However, I would be interested in the results of a fly tied with a single Whiting vs a using 3 separate hackles.

Have you actually read the book and the description of why Joe used three hackles? The third hackle is instrumental in the procedure.

Jeff