I'll second that vote of thanks from J. What a great fly! It's always a treat to find some really new or at least a method that I have never used before. Also, I have a ton of old, Indian capes with REALLY BIG, WIDE feathers on them. I guess I've been subconsciously saving them for Al and Gretchen's fly.

I also sympathize with Al's sacrifice to the river gods. I've never lost a whole box of flies at one time but wind and carelessness have regularly sent small rafts of flies down the stream.

I bet that wing would also make a very good post for parachute hackle.

Free the PMD's! 8T