Anything new in this?

[Wildfisher]

I believe it's called a  "cruncher". Some of us have been tying flies like this for years without even realising we were  been pushing the boundaries of tying technology. When did the "cruncher family" first appear? I hear there was a recent article in T+S extolling their  virtues.

[haresear]

Like the way you got the www into the tail, breac uaig

:lol: :lol:

Alex

[garryh]

i belrive it was invented by Martin Cairncross .the origionall had a peacock herl thorax and a greenwell hackle,quite a subdued but deadly little nymph,i wish i had a fiver for every variation ive seen,the only variation i bother with is one with a hares ear thorax.

    cheers Garry

[deergravy]

It's a pheasant tail nymph with a wound hackle.
Possibly the least radical fly imaginable.

Dave