Quote Originally Posted by tigfly View Post
Byron, it looks similar to the Harrop hair wing dun when you tie it that way. Except Harrops has a little hackle added to it. I am guessing that the Lafontaine pattern predates the Harrop pattern though.
As I said, the Borger fly has hackle tied in X fashion and then trimmed on the bottom. The Harrop hair wing has "normal" hackling through the thorax, and then trimmed flat....even with the hook point.

LaFontaine may have had a similar pattern, but I do not recall such a pattern by him.