Paraloop versus Klinkhammer

[taggarc]

Reading a booked loaned to me entitled Tying Flies the Paraloop way. What's the advantage of this method over a normal parachute fly, i.e. Klinkhammer fly. Can see the advantages over a normal dry fly in terms of presentation, but not over a parachute fly.

[Russ]

The reason some people dislike parachute hackles is that the hackles themselves, supposedly suggesting the legs of the insect, radiate from the hackle post parallel to the water, and that this makes for an unnatural looking silhouette on the water, when viewed from underneath.

The paraloop on the other hand, has the hackles emerging from the fly's body at all sorts of angles, and looks more natural from underneath. It says here

That's the theory, but it won't stop me using parachute Adams etc

Hope that helps

Russ

[thewickedpickett]

yeah it seems that those who are a fan of comparadun style fan wings prefer the paraloop way. the comparadun style fan wing is said to offer a more realistic 'foot print' on the water.

also the paraloop way uses 7/8 turns of hackle making it very buoyant and secure