I have something of a soft spot for Roy Christie’s reverse tied flies. In particular, I have been experimenting with a reverse tied midge which I use as a dropper when fishing stillwater. The idea is that with the eye of the hook sunk, your tippet will be sunk near the fly. To ensure this, the small, heavy point-fly is also tied off the eye of the floating dropper, helping it sit correctly in the water’s surface.
So you will see that the floating end has both the foam sighter, as well as a CDC collar (tied with some CDC in a spun loop around the base of the foam.) Then we have a peacock herl thorax, and below that a simple black floss or silk body, with a fine copper wire rib. I also tie about 10 wraps of the rib down at the eye to help that end sink.
To these ones I also added some daddy long-legs material up under the thorax to give it that dangly look, and two short strands of black krystal flash down at the eye.
This is just a variation on a theme. I have been fishing these reverse tied midges for a few years now. A question I often get is “Do fish stick?” Funny thing that. People instinctively think a reverse tied fly won’t hook well.
I have never had a problem with hookups.
