rw wrote:

I prefer the parachute pattern for four reasons:

(1) It sits lower in the water, as someone else said. The fish seem to
like that.

True, it sits lower, but my experience about which the fish prefer is
the opposite.

(2) I hate tying the wings onto a traditional Adams.

I dislike that less than I dislike tying off the horizontally wound hackle.

(3) It's symmetrical, and so doesn't tend to twist the tippet, as a
traditional Adams does unless it's perfectly tied.

So tie it perfectly, for cryin' out loud.

(4) I can see it better. (Different folks, different strokes.) I use
white Antron for the post.

I see it worse. Sits low in the water, you know. g

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John Russell aka JR