for many years I've found "half spent" ties fish better in a heavy spinner
fall than the traditional "both wings down" style

But,

I've never come up with an easy way to tie them ... I have tied a
traditonal pattern with organza or whatever wings then tried to fight one
of the wings into an upright position ... not easy, especially in Trico
sizes.

But I bet someone out there has a great way to tie "one wing up, one
spent" patterns and will soon share it with all of us G

thanks in advance ... as I continue to tie for the expected summer hatches

I've been experimenting with this this week. One thing that may work that
I'm trying, is take a rectangle of organza. Burn one end in a wing burner,
tie in the organza as normal (lay it across the thorax and tie in using a
figure 8). Pull the burnt wing part up as if you were going to tie it as a
post for a parachute. As a matter of fact, if you want to, tie in a
parachute hackle to give you more legs on the water and better flotation.
Leave the other "unburnt" wing down. Pull out the cross threads on the
unburnt wing (they'll come out in casting anyway). You should have a good
imitation of a one wing up spinner.

--
Frank Reid
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