Quote Originally Posted by Byron haugh View Post
In all the cripple patterns or emerger patterns in which I am personally familiar, the hint of a trailing shuck is tied in on TOP of the tail fibers. In this fly, you tie the shuck fibers BELOW the tail fibers. Why this deviation from the "norm"?
View from below is the same, and it makes for slightly easier tying (trimming the Ice Dub strands to length before the lemon woodduck barbs are tied in).

Cheers,
Hans W