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[JohnScott]

Rick - My goals are to create a rather sparse shuck, a very slim, segmented abdomen, a short “wing” and a cluttered effect around the thorax. Your fly definitely checks all the boxes of the basic pattern but is a bit “heavy” to my way of thinking. That said, it may be exactly what would work for the fishies you hunt and might even be better than the version I like for the fishies I chase !? Beyond the economy of using one short strand of antron, I do like the loop wing effect, and tying off the hackle after it is wrapped around the shank ahead of the wing is much easier for me than tying it off on the post, regardless which method is used to do that.

[Rick_Z]

Thanks for the info. Tied a few more with about 1/2 of the body material.
They doo look better.
Rick

[JohnScott]

@JohnScott

In summary - size 14 dry fly hook, a 2" piece of antron, and dry fly hackle to size. S. is to shuck it, tie antron in at bend of hook leaving the tag end for the shuck. T. is to twist the antron into a slim, tightly wound bundle. W. is to wrap the antron bundle forward in touching turns to the loop wing position. L. is to make a loop wing with the antron bundle. P. is to post the loop wing prior to tying in the hackle. H. is to create a parachute in the 9DH fashion ( instead of tying parachute off in one of the traditional ways, wrap the hackle forward of the parachute post several turns and tie it off just behind the eye of the hook ).

Correction on the loop wing - after wrapping the twisted antron bundle forward to the loop wing position and securing it there, let the bundle untwist and fluff it out a bit before forming the loop wing. Had another really good day with this fly on that Northern Idaho freestone creek yesterday, including landing three 17" west slope cutthroat back to back to back, along with a fair sampling of 15-16" fishies out of the fifteen or so in hand. Must be that …