"Thomas Littleton" wrote


I believe it was Datus Proper who once stated that a fairly stiff extended
body on a fly is a fine conservation measure(ie:the damn thing bounces out
of the trout's mouth easily), my experience tends to agree. I do have a
soft
alternative that will be added to Frank's thread on ROFFT.
Tom



the first year I fished the Green Drake fiasco on the HFork I used a
Paradrake tied purchased locally. It had an elkhair and moose extended
body, dark elk wing and parachute hackle .... fish took it but it was a very
poor hooker "What the Trout Said " or whatever Proper's book is called
is great .... must read for fly designers