William Anderson wrote:Wayne, this is a great combination of materials. I'm glad to hear it produces so well for you. I find it difficult to tie with a dubbing loop and a rib together, because of the dubbing becoming compressed. You can't argue with success and the effect here is very suggestive of a real bug. I'm sure the answer will be.."it depends", but I'll ask anyway for the sake of conversation and because you've posted an interesting pattern, but how do you fish this typically? Meaning do you have a stage of a pmd in mind and fish it accordingly, or is it a versatile approach? Just curious.
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William, I know that dubbing loop and compressed materials dont normally go together. That being said, this pattern does compress the material, but at the same time letting the thread become a part of the color scheme . I cant say that its an efficient way to tie, only that it's the way I came up with. I watched a friend (a guide but I still like him)of mine tying RS2 emergers for a trip the next day. After he dubbed the body, he would run the thread back through the abdomen for segmentation(Gray dubbing/Brown thread). These were "guide flys" and as such needed to be tyed as quickly as possible yet be productive. Personally I thought the flys looked like crap, but as you and I know, it's the trouts opinion, not mine that counts.
I really, really, really, like fooling these so called sophisticated Colorado trout with Soft hackles and Flymphs. A great majority of fly fishers here in the Centenial State believe the "Hatch" has to be matched to perfection in order to have success on these streams. I have to admit that the majority of my fishing is done by adding weight and nymphing near or at the river bottom. That being said, this fly does an excellent job of letting me know when the trout have moved up in the water column. By allowing my rig to swing UP to the surface and by watching ever so close, many times I can see the trout slash or take this fly as it starts it's upward accent. When this occurs I ditch the nymph rig and keep this fly on and add another SH or two, and target the depth I think the fish have moved to.
Pretty good eye there Mr. Anderson. I didnt say a word about this fly representing a PMD, but thats when it comes into its own in sizes 16 thru 14.
..........i'll report later on. 
