Above photo: The Hendrickson Cripple, pullet tip wings, quill body, CDL tail fibers, sparse gray  hackle  tied in crisscross, 3 wraps only. Semperfli nano silk windings. Less is better. T here are many ways to render a cripple. It is a wonderful thing when the vulnerability of a living thing feeds the hunter. Over time, the hunter zeroes in on the weakest to conserve energy only later to use against the strong. Trout have a unique instinct to conserve energy. The cripple provides an economy of movement. The cripple becomes an excellent morsel for the opportunistic feeder. An older, wiser trout will patiently wait for a spent reflection. The cripple is often singled out in a village of soldiers. He will eat the soldiers later once the sun shows its face, then quickly retreat into the shadows until the next   dawn. At sunup, the cripples are again his first prime morsel. Above photo: Pullet feathers are wispy and gossamer; for the cripple, I angle them in a slight upward po...