I must thank everyone who responded to my dilemma's on tying dry flies. Tying the hackle in at the "butt" has allowed me to improve considerably. I have been practicing with a "Quill" bodied "Pacos River Scatter", ( a local fly) and have gotten to the point where they are very close to matching each other, "AND" I am tying them in size 16 and 18. Checking the hackles as described has helped and each one is improving.
Now I will continue on them and also start working on an imitation of the "Chocolate" brown mayfly we caught today, ( Any ideas as to what it may be folks ?) The tail had 3 separate and distinct "Tails" and it was a very dark brown, almost black. Anyway, I wanted to say thanks and am continuing to work at improving. Jimi
