Quote Originally Posted by Byron haugh View Post
Steven,
The widely famous and popular Sparkle Dun assumes is indeed a "TRAILING" shuck. Mathews and Jurack patterned it after the floating insects they saw still trying to escape their shucks.
What do you think?

Last summer I caught such an insect and photographed it. It's shuck was "trailing"
Byron
I don't fish Sparkle Duns, but my assumption would be that the fly doesn't ride horizontally but rather diagonally with the "shuck" and body hanging below the wing a la a klinkhamer. Your typical parachute doesn't.