Re: [VFB] A question for the pros.

[Ian Mitchell]

No expert, but I enjoy tying dry flies.

Here is how I tie in hackels. I usually use non gentic hackles so I have a pair of hackle feathers back to back. But the same principle applies.

I have the stems towards me and the feather away, and lay the stem across the top of the hook shank at about a 90 degree angle.. but the stem more towards the eye than the bend. I wrap the stem on with figure eight wraps.. two one way then two across the other.. I then bid the stem towards the eye with a few wraps.. snip off enough so the stem falls a a litte short of the eye, then bind the stem down with some more turns. When Iwaslearning I found the odd half hitch here and there helped hold things together incase thread or hands slipped..

regards Ian





----Original Message Follows----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [VFB] A question for the pros.
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:21:36 -0500


I have too many to list, but my main one is getting the hackle
locked in preparatory to winding. I can usually get it done
but never with just a couple of wraps like you see in the
videos. And keeping the stem from blocking the eye
of the hook is part of the challenge.

Gary


_________________________________________________________________
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963