Upon request, I did an impromptu test of just how a Catskill style pattern rides in the surface film. Some debate whether or not the entire fly is suspedned by both the hackle collar and tail fiber tips. While others say it rides in the film like any other dry fly. Here is what I found. Granted, not scientific, nor definitive. But it's food for thought for both camps. You decide.

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The test dummy....a freshly minted Quill Gordon.

http://ralphsflybox.blogspot.com/201...tion-test.html