Hey DonO- I would really like one of those RoosterFish flies- can i get one, George C. --- Don Ordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're using a 3x dry hook, it should come at > least to the bend. Are you using kip or white deer > belly? > It makes a little difference. Stacked/shaped deer > goes to the bend. The tapered denseness of kip can > extend beyond since it 'fades out' instead of having > a defined shape like stacked deer. This is why > there's a variance of 'opinions' on wing length. I > use polar bear and the 2nd method. It's not 'wrong' > to go to the end of the tail, as I've heard that > called a royal trude 'stimulator'. > My 2 cents > DonO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joyce Westphal > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:55 PM > Subject: [VFB] Re: winging advice-tail > advice..help needed > > > Proportions needed: how long is the wing on a > royal coachman trude? I have always thought it came > to the end of the hook bend..but now have discovered > in Umqua feather merchants and in a video that it > should come to 1/2 the length of the tail extending > beyond the hook bend. Then, in another book, says > that Chuck's trude style has it come clear to the > end of the tail, but in that trude the tail is not 1 > shank length but is 1/2 shank length. HELP>.what is > the length of tail and wing on a royal coachman > trude? Joyce >
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