Quote Originally Posted by NJTroutbum View Post
Because it was tied that way originally....and it catches a helluvalotta fish. Need there be another reason?
Actually, there were two(2) original 'comparaduns' tied by Caucci/Nastasi. There was one that had both a 180* hairwing WITH a hackle collar, and one that ONLY had the 180* hairwing. The former appears in the C/N book, Fly Tyer's Color Guide (p 153+). As explained to me by Caucci, the pattern without the hackle (the latter one), was as good as the one with the hackle, insofar as floatation and fish catching, was more durable and easier/faster to tye. So they dropped the use of the hackled comparadun in personal use and in the flies sold in the shop.

Allan