Recently I asked some questions about creating a hackle with deer hair. Hans suggested that I contact Sven Ostermann directly. He not only answered my questions but also sent 12 images of his deer hair hackle technique. I assembled his photos and procedure into a web page that can be visited at:
http://edEngelman.com/RDH/index.html What follows is the intro portion of that web page. If you have questions about the web page you can contact me. If you have questions about the technique, feel free to contact Sven. Enjoy! Byard, what a great list this is! Thank you again Sven, and Hans Ed Engelman ................................. One way to save money in fly tying is to avoid the use of expensive hackle. Most of the dry flies that I tie, are tied without any dry fly hackle. There are many no-hackle flies that will catch a wide variety of species of fish including trout. There are also a wide variety of foams that are now available from packaging and or craft stores that can be used to create flies to imitate mayflies, stoneflies, as well as terrestrials. In the past I have tied collars of animal hair, bullet heads and the like. I was intrigued by Sven Osterman's hackle created of deer hair. His Real Deer Hackle Flies appear on a variety of web sites, but I could not find directions as to just how he created these wonderful flies. After contacting him and asking him many questions to which he generously replied, I decided, with Sven's approval, to share those directions with you. Enjoy creating flies with this technique.
