Tony and Monte-
Thank you both very much for the excellent tips and
instructions. In answer to your question, Monte, the
answer is "(D) All of the above." and yep, tying for
the salmonfly hatch here on the Deschutes. Was out
early this morning and caught two around 16-18 inches
apiece. Only got to fish for a couple of hours as I
had a list of honey-do's and errands to run.
Will head for the bench tonight and try out your tips.
Thanks again. And welcome back, Tony.
-John
Oregon
--- Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John,
> I don't know what method you are using but this
> might help
>
> The deer hair needs to be the right length to come
> out in
> proportion.
> Use a section of a plastic straw to hold the head.
> Slip a short length of plastic straw, (Mc Donald's
> is
> about the right size) on your bobbin stem before you
> start
> tying. Wrap a thread base where you will be tying
> the hair
> in. Stack the tips in a hair stacker and cut the
> butts off
> even. There are several ways to tie in the hair but
> I
> think the easiest way is to take the clump of hair
> and
> slip the eye of the hook through the center of the
> clump
> from the butt end. Bring the butts back on the shank
> behind the eye about 1/3 of the shank. Start out
> with soft
> wraps over the butts on the shank. Tighten up on the
> wraps
> on the second pass and tighter on the third pass,
> Wrap the
> thread fwd to the hook eye and then back to just
> behind
> the tied in clump of hair. Fold the tip sections
> back and
> bring the straw section up from the bobbin stem.
> Slip the
> straw section over the hair to hold it in place.
> Make a
> couple of soft wraps just behind the straw , then
> tighten
> up on them as you did before. Slip the straw back
> over the
> bobbin stem and whip finish. That should make you a
> good
> bullet head.
> I kind of look for fine deer hair for this. It has
> less
> tendency to flare.
> There is a bullet head tool. It is a rubber
> diaphragm with
> a hole on the center. It is slipped on the bobbin
> stem and
> used as the straw is. I like the straw better.
> Another way is to use a split straw and the split is
> to
> pass the thread through it so that the straw can be
> moved
> to the back of the head and is tied off in front of
> the
> straw instead of the back. This can get tricky but
> it does
> work with a little bit of practice.
> Hope this helps.
> Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> John Martinez wrote:
>
> > Does anybody have any tips on tying bullet heads,
> the
> > tying technique where you tie on elk or deer hair
> with
> > the tips facing forward (toward the eye) and then
> fold
> > them back to make a round head and the tips, now
> > facing toward the bend, make a wing or collar?
> >
> > Tried it last night with deer hair (looked like
> the
> > fly had exploded) and with elk hair (better, but
> still
> > looked like something the cat had hacked up).
> >
> > If someone can point me toward a website or post
> some
> > instructions or tips, I'd certainly appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -John
> > Oregon
> >
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