This is a shot of a pattern I had seen in Tying Emergers: A Complete Guide. I used pheasant tail fibers 
for the tail and body on a size 16 hook. The wing was a piece of Antron yarn tied in at the back of the thorax area. I dubbed a sparse thorax of hare’s ear, then pulled the piece of Antron over the top, loosely, to form a loop. Then it is tied off at the eye of the hook. No hackle. I fished this in the midst of a mayfly hatch and had ok results with it. However, it did not stay in the film long before sinking. So, I could do several things: use a dubbing for abdomen like Super Fine; make sure hook is light wire (it was); experiment with CDC for the loop wing: grease the leader with floatant paste down to the final inch; let if float ’til it sinks, then let it sink and work it back toward the top with slow hand twist retrieve like an emerging mayfly.
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Fly Tying: Antron Loop Wing for Emerger
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By the way, how’s that book? I’ve been thinking about getting a copy. What would you rate it?
It’s actually, an excellent book for beginner to advanced. They did a nice job. Some innovative stuff in there. I would buy it.
I will put floatant in the loop sometimes – but often i just fish it as is. Often I’m fishing it as a dropper below a dry, so it’s underneath the surface a bit.
I love the loopwing emergers, I only use, antron though (I do not use cdc, I’m too cheap!)
Anthony,
I am curious, do your flies stay in the surface area a reasonable amount of time? Do you put any floatant on the loop?