Quote Originally Posted by narcodog View Post
Alan, I was just reading Fogg and he advocates a small bump behind the hackle to keep the hackle from laying flat against the hook shank. Also many of the old patterns call for just one to two wraps of hackle, never more.
You should note that Roger Fogg is a modern writer. Could this be a case of reverse influence as his work is after that of Mr Nemes? Do any of the flies in Byron's first photo look as if they have more than 2 turns of hackle? They don't to my eye.

Cheers,
A.