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Yes, I will typically try it behind a weighted leech or bead headed fly in shallow runs on creeks and rivers. an early spring on lakes I will fish gravel beds close to the shore with no weight underneath a strike indicator.
That's a stupid looking dams will fly pattern Don't people understand that pattern should be somewhat the same size as the real thing they should actually be slender like the real thing and the thing that sets the dams will fly apart from every other bug in the water is the way it travels when it gets across the water and that thing is not going to look like any of the above that I've mentioned
I have made many similar flies I make up all my tails up ahead of time when I’m not tying. I use silicone, a drill, a embroidery needle in appropriate sizes. I use either fidbits, or a new paint brush I tear apart for tailing. I have used moose mane also. I then in a neat turn of the drill with the meddle locked in the jaws, apply the silicone. Then I place the tails in and follow up with dubbing the body. I remove them and place on wax paper to dry. The silicone has floatation. I make my wings using mallard feathers. I attach everything similar to your method. I like your foam idea to increase visibility. The floatation of the silicone tail and dry fly preps keeps the fly up, but with your foam idea, my flys will float high and dry all day.
Hi Ed, Thank you for this. I’m very intrigued by your technique on making tails. Have you by chance ever made a video on how you do this? I would be very interested in watching your technique.
