Christie's EP (EasyPeasy) Dun variation SBS

[ScottP]

Took some liberties with Roy's fly http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...103104fotw.php
subbing .5mm razor foam for the abdomen/thorax cover. From what I've read, the hooking problems with USD flies, noted by Steven on the Mosley Olive Dun thread

I can't say from personal experience, but Datus Proper wrote in What the Trout Said, that upside down dries were poor hookers.

can be somewhat alleviated by off-setting the hook point and keeping the wing soft, sparse and somewhat forward.
Tied here in March Brown colors, change to suit your needs.


hook - Dai Riki 270 #12 (Roy uses longshank grub hooks, which I'm fresh out of)
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
tail - hackle fibers brown grizzly
rib - Gudebrod rod-winding thread brown
abdomen/thorax cover - .5mm foam tan
wing - Congo Hair white
thorax - dubbing tan
hackle brown grizzly


Part 1


off-set point and add a little curve to the front of the hook shank






tie in thread and wrap back about halfway down hook bend






even up the tips of a few hackle fibers, measure for length (shank) and tie in






tie in ribbing




taper foam strip (1/2 gap width) and tie in

[ScottP]

Part 2


wrap foam forward and tie off (no need to glue the foam since it's going to be ribbed)




rib abdomen, tie off and pull foam back






take a sparse hank of Congo Hair and tie on underside (which is actually the topside on an upside-down fly) at 80% mark; a bit farther forward than normal, but, as noted, trying to improve the hooking




pull down (or up, depending on orientation - very confusing) and add a few posting wraps to gather the wing




tie in hackle




dub thread (sparse), dub thorax






wrap hackle through thorax, tie off and trim

[ScottP]

Part 3


pull the foam forward, splitting the hackle down the center stripe; tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN






trim wing and have at it






Regards,
Scott

[Curtis Fry]

Nicely done Scott. So for anyone who's fished a USD pattern, what makes it land hook-point up?

[ScottP]

Curtis,

Aerodynamics and a lotta hope.

Regards,
Scott

[Joe Billingsley]

And the placement of the hackle. Excellent, Scott. Thanks.

Joe

[Uncle Jesse]

Looking at the fly, unless it is really plopped down hard, if it hits hook down, the resultant high CG should result in it rolling over, physics.