Paul - When tying your salmon flies, do you use schlappen for a collar at the head of the fly? Do you tie it in by the tip and wrap it?
- Gary At 04:14 PM 03/14/2002, you wrote: >It will come as no surprise that I disagree in part with my Dutch >(Swiss) friend. My local friends and I tie hundreds of palmered >(actually wound) marabou flies every year (highly effective fall >patterns for Atlantic salmon). The trick of course is to find long >plumes with reasonably thin stems (as someone just mentioned). These >aren't as hard to find as may be believed, I find that 50% or more of >the feathers in the packages I buy are acceptable. Now, if you are tying >smaller flies, the blood feathers work nicely wound but they don't >result in a "hackle", rather more like the CDC in the CDC & Elk. This is >the principle behind the One-Feather Damsel. >For Gary, the Popsicle style is what I referred to above. I find the >spot where I think stem is getting too thick to wind well. Tie the >feather in there, clip, and wind away until the fibres start getting too >short. Tie off, cut, and then use another feather if required (I >typically use 3 or 4 on a salmon fly starting about mid-shank). >Splitting the stem makes the "hackle" too sparse. You need a bulky >"hackle" because it slims down so much when wet. > >PS for Hans: 219' eh! I'm jealous! > >Cheers, >Paul >-- >Paul Marriner >Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Atlantic >Salmon, Ausable River Journal, Miramichi River Journal, and Modern >Atlantic Salmon Flies.
