DGC
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From his books and videos he tied those because they "dance" on the surface while still drifting drag free. But they could also be skated.
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Posts 4, 8, 11, and 17 pretty well sum it up. Back in the day, hackle wasn't what it is now. Except for mixing a couple of colors of hackle on a fly (eg. Adams), you really need only one hackle feather to construct a typical dry fly today.
