"Frank Reid" wrote


I've noticed that there is no tail on this, and that is something I was
trying to include. Ideas or comments?

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Frank,
I know zero about this bug. I'm just trying to be social and take an
interest in the PennClave. Thinking about "white, glassy, extended
abdomens" last night I remembered a section on extended bodies in Shane
Stalcup's ( sp?) book on mayflies bottom to top..... if my old memory serves
you posted that you got the book The first one he shows looks great to
my not too good at fly tying eye ... and I think you could build it soft
enough and mount it to hinge a little to minimize hooking problems

The fish might not give a **** but you'd have the coolest looking fly box in
camp G I tend to just whip out the minimum effort flies that fool the
fish, myself, and most of mine could be tied a lot neater with a little more
effort, but work well enough. But then I'm usually embarassed to show or
share them to/with anyone but the trout

Oh, I think tails would look great .... to MY eye, most spinners on the
water have a 'shape' that certainly includes the tail ..... I tend to make
more effort to tie neat ones on spinner patterns than on duns, myself (
again not for this exact bug, in general )