Thanks for your kind words David!
That’s the exact same thing that I do. I have three patterns that I have tied a dozen of each of them. At least one of those will always work for me. I only had a handful of days last year that I was completely skunked. But, it was also wicked hot, water was low, and flows had slowed down.
I used to do that, but I stopped. That was partially because I became to lazy to keep cutting the old material off. However, I also decided that if they don’t work, I would save the third to make sure that I don’t duplicate them. That is until I have so many “thirds” saved that I need to purge my fly box like I referenced in the thread about purging your fly box here.
I remember seeing the Pellet Dub just before the holidays last year, but I haven’t broken down and ordered any yet.