Cat's whisker (streamer) question

Howdy,

I posted this to another forum, but thought it might be interesting
to see what ROFFians and ROFFTians have to say about it:

I was reading an article that mentions the cat's whisker (and
variations thereof) as being a good fly for some of the waters I
regularly fish. In reading various tying instructions and descriptions
of the fly, it seem that it's usually tied with bead-chain eyes. My
questions a Are the bead-chain eyes tied on like a Clouser (i.e., on
the "outside" of the shank so the fly will ride hook-point up)? And if
so, do you tie the wing on the hook side so it is on top of the fly?

My reason for asking this is that I hate having the wing on the hook
side, as it invariably twists arond the hook, and could even interfere
with hook-setting.

So do you just put the wing on the bottom, or do you put the
bead-chain eyes on the other side of the shank so it rides hook-point
down? Or am I making much ado about nothing? :-)


Chuck Vance