"riverman" wrote

more satisfying (to me at least) than a PT, but more tidy than a GRHE.



this combination of a PT backstrap over a fuzzier ( look at a PT under
magnification and it too is fuzzy ) body predates Skip Try ostrich
reinforced with the tying thread and wound like peacock herl for the
abdomen, with the PT tail/back/wingcase overlay tied in via the rib ( don't
be afraid to try Partridge or Grouse too), the thorax area Hare's fur or
similar, legs not needed. Trim the ostrich on the bottom of the fly and
you have a great internal movement, very gill imitating, but still uniformly
neat ( as opposed to picking out dubbing for gills ) pattern that Lawson
came up with years ago to suggest the swimming mayfly nymphs such as
callibaetis