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Title: Backward dries
Post by: Robert MacDonald-Lewis on 25/11/2021 at 18:56

Been having a play with some reverses dries. The first is a reversed paraloop dry. The hackle is tied in a hackle stacker method. The second two are Roy Christie’s Reversed Parachute Emergers, admittedly only the last one really looks like a parachute hackle.

Anyone fished this style of fly?


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Title: Re: Backward dries
Post by: Mike Barrio on 27/11/2021 at 10:40

Not tried them Robert, but they look 'fishy'  :)

Title: Re: Backward dries
Post by: Hamish Young on 28/11/2021 at 10:50

I have tied and used some in the past, didn't find any particular benefit to them over 'conventional' patterns, so didn't persist with them.
Nice tying though  :z16

Title: Re: Backward dries
Post by: Robert MacDonald-Lewis on 29/11/2021 at 09:37

Cheers, gents.

I did wonder if the benefits would be noticeable, hard to see past the DHE for simplicity and effectiveness.

Title: Re: Backward dries
Post by: Jeremy Bennett on 02/12/2021 at 14:49

I have in my box the Leckford Professor, I cant remember the exact dressing but its a general something and nothing pattern. The reverse hackle means you get less hang ups in bankside vegetation ect.
Sadly I dont get many dry fly opportunities but must try tbhe dry more often.