[QUOTE=Silver Creek;451873]If you look at the photo of Charlie Craven's sparkle dun below, the zelon fibers naturally spread out when tied in. I believe they initially they fall on the water spread out and support the fly.
Although I use the image above as an example, I think if you search google images for sparkle dun, the tail is composed of spread
Silver,
I will stick with method of tying the Sparkle Dun that the inventer and promoter does it. You can watch his on utube as well.
But thanks anyway.
PS. The one you show does not appear to have a splayed zelon tail. There is no thread under the
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