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
John do you wrap your hackle up the post and then back down? I do 3 wraps up and then 3 down, not touching wraps leave a small gap as you go up to allow room for the down wraps to fill those gaps. Then I try to use 2 fingers to raise the forward fibers enough so that they will not get caught in the thread and if they do I just pick them out before the front is dubbed and finished. This may not be the proper way to do it bit it does work for me.
Bart
