[VFB] Upside Down Patterns

[Junaid Hassan]

Does anyone know of how to tie the USD patterns (USD= Upside down)?? I was 
looking through one of my fly-fishing books and came across these flies 
where the hackle was tied parachute-style but tied so that the hook point 
was up instead of down, the wings were tied like on a normal fly but 
'descended' form the shank (looking at it like we normally would any fly, 
with the hook point down)...so if u looked at the fly like u are supposed 
to, the hook point rides up, the hackle creates a gentle pad on which the 
fly rests, and the wings curve upward and out just slightly and are 
uncluttered from any hackle, since it is below the shank...the flies looked 
awefully realistic just because of the way they are tied...sorry to sound 
confusing if i am but i'd love to know how to tie them...the really wierd 
thing was that there was no 'round base' around which the hackle had been 
tied, like in a normal parachute fly.....if u imagined the USD fly on the 
water, it would make a much, much more realistic indent in the water and 
viewed from below, as per the pictures in the book, look so much more like 
the real patterns. Consequently, it is also said that since these are 
difficult to tie, they should be only used on the most difficult of trout.

The lawn sale stuff also reminds me of a wonderful story which befell me and 
dad back in 2001...we were going down to Baltimore City and saw a sign for a 
yard sale...the man was selling an 11 weight Scientific Anglers made by 
Hardy Bros of England for 20 bucks UNUSED!!!!! not a single scratch...well, 
its now on my shelf in its little case, awaiting its opportunity to see 
water.

SJHassan, from MD.

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