In a message dated 1/26/2004 12:58:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> This is in reply to Paul's comments regarding the origins > of the parachute fly. To throw out a question, Is there an indepth book describing the origins of various patterns? An example would be how the trude evolved from Harrison's 1909 pattern to the Sofa Pillow by Pat Barnes in the 1940's, to the Rio Grande King or the present day Trude al la Dan Bailey? We fish with a Sierra Bright Dot here in the Sierras. This is a fore and aft pattern. Who came up with this design and why has it remained a particularly regional dry fly over a long period of time? As Joyce would say "Inquiring minds need to know". Steve Schalla
