Unlike a lot of people I have a tendency to listen to other people's point of view and then weigh out what they said and why they believe the way they do. I will even give their idea a try if it sounds interesting and if I like it, I use it. I try very hard, when it comes to fly tying, to not ignore someone else's opinions and ideas. That is the only way to learn something new with tying flies. No one said you have to do like someone else does. Everyone has their own opinions and everyone should al least "think" through another person's idea before making a harsh statement that the idea is rubbish. As far as whether the rib should be under or over the wing case is not the statement made. The person just stated they have tried it both ways and they like it under instead of over. They never said their way was the only and right way. It was just the way they do it and everyone else can do it any way they want to. It is just fly tying and not gospel. I have never tried the rib under the wing case and the next time I tie a fly with a wing case and rib, I will tie it his way and fish it. Who knows, I may decide I like it. Trying someone else's idea is the only true way to know if it is better or not for you so why not give it a try and see what your outcome is and then you can decide for sure if you like it or not and know for sure if there may or may not be an advantage. I had a fly fisherman give me a small olive nymph he said he had great success with and as soon as I looked at it, I thought to myself that it really needed a tail which it did not have. It just had a body, thorax, thorax cover and a hackle had been palmered through the thorax before the thorax cover was pulled over the top. The hackle had been cut from the bottom which only left the hackle sticking out the sides. I thanked the gentleman for the fly and gave him one of my "go to" flies. He sent me an e-mail a week later and told me how sucessful my fly had been for him and asked if I would tie up a dozen for him which I did and just gave them to him. I had never tired his fly, but, decided that it was the least I could do since he was so kind. Guess what, his fly has become one of my "go to" flies! It has been a very good fly, even though it did not have the tail I thought it should have! I now keep several of his flies in my fly box. Lesson learned...never judge someone else's flies or ideas until you have actually tired them or tried the idea. Life is too short to "stay in the box"!
Warren
Fly fishing and fly tying are two things that I do, and when I am doing them, they are the only 2 things I think about. They clear my mind.
....I do pronounce it correctly though.
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