Quote Originally Posted by Joe Billingsley View Post
saw a guy (I have no idea who it was) use a goose biot on the bottom of the thorax to achieve the same result of splitting and sweeping the hackle up. He tied it in, wrapped the hackle and pulled it forward. I remember him saying that mayflies had a "chest plate" and this technique simulated it.
Joe,

Roy Christie uses pheasant tail fibers to create the "chest plate" on his EasyPeasy USD

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...103104fotw.php


Regards,
Scott