ribbing wulffs

Conan The Librarian wrote:


The way I've been tying mine seems to help with the problem of
"nose-heavy" flies, but will probably make the purists cringe. I use
"parapost" synthetics for the wing, and I don't always bother to post
the wings separately. *gasp*

No gasping here. The man himself wrote the the single upright
winged
versions worked just as well as the more 'popular' split wing.


The synthetic is lighter than calfhair, and creates less mass where
it's tied in. IME that makes for a fly that's less nose-heavy and neater.

Try some high quality marabou for a wing if you can ... makes for
a very attractive tie for a Royal. (Dessicant rather than paste
floatants
though)



Chuck Vance (who needs all the help he can get in the neatness
department)

:-) One day I'll put up a pic of my tying bench somewhere.


Steve