Because when you set --p-trunc-len-f 250 --p-trunc-len-r 205
your reads didn't overlap, hence essentially all wer were lost in merging, but but now they do. Schematic...
FFFFFFF(250)FFFFFFFF
RRRRR(205)RRRRR
FFFFFFF(250)FFFFFFFF
RRRRRR(250)RRRRRRRRR