The Sulphurs Are Coming!

[Byron haugh]

Ralph,
You haven't cut the hackle flat on the bottom. Does the fly ride up on the clipped hackle?

[NJTroutbum]

Byron, the hackle is v-notched gap length on all three. The pattern is supported in the film on all three. Clipped hackle will still keep a fly in the film, but doesn't suspend a pattern such as a Catskill style pattern may. the LTD hangs in the film by the CDC loop with the abdomen and tail submerged. The CDC Dun lays completely flat in the film since its also sparsely hackled. The thorax rides dry, but very low.

[Byron haugh]

Interesting. The way the flies are sitting up in the photo sorta makes them look like the body would be slightly suspended above the surface.

Thanks for the clarification.

[NJTroutbum]

Agreed, mainly because they are propped up on side hackle fibers that supports little in the film.