Wayne, just goes to prove, "no pattern stays the same!?!
You're right, as far as I've ever learned......... Barr's pattern has no rubber legs that's the way I tie it.
And yet, several sites, (such as Umpqua Feather's site picture, below), shows it WITH rubber legs!?!
I like your fly. Its a very good tie and should work very well!
My own "Meat Whistle", (THAT sounds kinda weird to say?)
Umpqua's "rubber leg version"
Umpqua, who usually touts "Original patterns, tied the original way", doesn't even use a copper cone head, like the "original pattern" called for, either!?!
Go, figure, huh?
Last edited by flybinder; 01-21-2008 at 06:54 AM.
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