What do you think, will this fly work?
I like tying them. The thorax hackle is V clipped.
Side and Bottom views:
Sure will. 
Hi Byron;
You post pics of some very beautiful flies, and I, and I beleive MANY others always enjoy seeing your ties. I always wondered why you never included a breif recipe. Your proportions IMO are perfect. I always strive to imitate your ties.
Your photography skills aren’t bad either.
Mark
… but one of my own loop wing flies that has done quite well for me. No doubt that yours will do just as well for you.
On this mahogany dun I use CDC for the wing and tie it somewhat more compact than on your Borger model. I also trim the hackle on the bottom. This one is a bit beat up from being eaten a number of times.
This fly is also similar to Ralph’s LTD style flies.
John
Nice fly. What are you doing with that old piece of long grass???
That was very kind of you Mark. I use coq de leon for the tail. PMD superfine color for the abdomen and thorax. I use light tan spider web for the loop wing. And, dun hackle tied thorax style. After tying the hackle, I bring the web material to the hook eye and then pull one fiber at a time to sort of array the fibers throughout the loop.
Hope that makes sense. Best instructions for this type of fly are on Jason Borger’s great web blog. Once there, just do a search within his blog for loop wing dun.
Thanks again. You’re very kind.
Byron
Not grass - it’s a Hexagraph.
Here’s a link that will get you to their website.
http://hexagraph.com/HTMLarticles/testimonials.html
John
Is that light tan Widow’s Web? Or what is Spider Web?
Sorry, it is Widow’s Web. So long since I bought it, I forgot.
Gary has posted improved instructions on his blog. Also I have a copy of his new book Long Flies. Check it out on his blog. Go to his blog, search for “Loop Wing Dun” and go to the third result.
Gary will be at the Miami Valley fly Fishers in Ohio this weekend on the 15th and 16th.
Silver,
I like the step-by-step drawings on Jason’s blog. Have you checked it out?
How long have you had the Hex?
Does it date back to Powell?
Got it new in December '09. It’s a medium fast 7’9" for 4/5. Very versatile rod casting line weights from 3 to 7. But it is best for dry fly fishing, and I usually line it with a 4 wt line for dries unless it is breezy, then I go up to a 5.
John
Is that your favorite rod? Mine is now the Hardy Zenith. Always preferred my Winston’s, which I still love and use, but got the Zenith for last season and think its hard to be better. It is so light and casts so effortlessly. Really fun to fish.
Byron,
I have seen that version. Gary now prefer’s the version on his blog with the hook bend. Gary has also modified his poly caddis pattern and his spinners in the same way. The flies lie flatter on the water.
Byron,
I have seen that version. Gary now prefer’s the version on his blog with the hook bend. Gary has also modified his poly caddis pattern and his spinners in the same way. The flies lie flatter on the water.
The Hexagraph is definitely the classiest rod I have, and it is the most enjoyable to cast and for fishing dries and small nymphs in relatively favorable conditions.
But like all rods, the Hex does have its limitations, so when fishing tandems of big stonefly nymphs under an indicator, the Sage FLI 9’ for 7 wt, which will cast tight loops with all that stuff, is my favorite, and for all around every day use the TFO BVK 9’ for 5 wt, which is fast but has a lot of feel to it, gets the nod more often than not.
Those three rods cover just about every kind of fishing situation I encounter. A couple Tenkara rods provide a change of pace when on smaller water.
John
Still fussing around with the Loop Wing concept.
Or something like this.
What I’ve found is that the hackle itself will not hold the pattern in the film for long. Especially in anything other than slick water. Once you build the tail/shuck and/or the abdomen with anything other than dry materials, you need a floating loop. With the LTD, the pattern is pretty much suspended by the loop since the hackle is providing the footprint of the legs more than floating the pattern.
I know what you mean NYJ. I often tie with a “wing” of CDC as well
