Mine's got to be with parachute style flies. Recently, I've gotten it together a bit by implementing the use of foam posts and saddle hackle, but I still can't seem to figure out exactly how to handle the hackle so that it ties off evenly without tying down the forward pointing fibers and without taking a weird bend down the far side of the hook. It looks easy in the books, but the elusive perfect parachute is still an extreme rarity!
John Roth Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: John Roth-CPD/USA/MCCRK) Subject: [VFB Listers, ������ Now is the time for everyone to fess up on a little secret. What is you deepest tying failure? Mine is that I can't tie dry flies well enough to fish. They either fall apart, are so ugly they are scary, or they sink like rocks. So I buy (shudder) most of my dries. ������ Not being able to afford the right hackles don't help though either. ������ I can do E.H.C.'s and other hair wing flies though well enough to fish
