Joyce, The wings can be down, up, outward or inward. It depends on the pattern. In any case they are tied in the same way. The biggest mistake most make on tying in the wings is that they use the wrong part of the feather. If you hold the quill up to a light, you will see a distinct line out from the stem. Some call it the Blood line. If the barbs are cut off with the blood line on them when tying them in at this point,, the barbs will split. Cut the section behind the blood line to use as wings. If you leave these on, tie in the wings behind this line, it is actually the softer part of the barbs. In most cases, use a marched set of quills, right and left. Cut an equal number of barbs from each side, count the barbs and use a dubbing needle to separate them. Match them up either up, down, in or out. Place them in position and bring the thread up through your holding fingers and drop the bobbin. This will put a light crease in the barbs. Sometime taking a finger nail and pressing it where the thread is, forming a deeper crease will help, Now pull straight down on the thread and bring it around back in the crease while squeezing the wing as tight as you can with your two fingers. Make a second wrap and the wings should be set. If you notice any rolling off to one side, make the adjustment before the second thread wrap. Another way to make the wing from a large feather ts to cut a wide section of barbs from one side. Then "fold" them so that they match. In or out, up or down, tie them in as above.. I hope this helps If not, let me know. Tony
--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Joyce Westphal <westpha...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Joyce Westphal <westpha...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Greenwells Glory To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:57 PM OK, since you've mentioned wets, I'd be interested in any tips or tricks for tying in wet fly wings. Mine always look a mashed mess. Do you point the ends up or down? I await your reply. I'm thinking I might just have to try a few. Joyce On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: Looks like there will be three of us tying the old wet flies. Tony --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Dail Graham <d...@positech.net> wrote: From: Dail Graham <d...@positech.net> Subject: Re: [VFB] Greenwells Glory To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 12:33 PM Nevulle- Thank you. I have some furnace hackle. I was confused with the term Greenwell. I am going to tie some wets at Sowbug and wanted to have the right materials Dail ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Gosling To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 1:07 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Greenwells Glory Dail: It is a furnace hackle. Normally they are light to mid brown with a dark centre section. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dail Graham Sent: January 30, 2010 10:18 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Greenwells Glory pacres- yes tied by McPhail. What is greenwells feather? I can not find any listing my catalogs. Thanks for answering. Dail ----- Original Message ----- From: Pacres To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Greenwells Glory Was this the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7akiUJmLXM Materials are listed at the begining. 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