nope it dose not effect a flys performance. Some say that trimmed hackle actually floats better.
Bob H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rix Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 2:26 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle Question (offshoot) > Okay, this is an offshoot of the hackle question posed > earlier... > > Someone mentioned something along the lines of, "if > you tie your flies to fish and not display, you can > always trim the hackle to the size you need after > wrapping". > > Is it true that trimming hackle in this fashion > doesn't matter as far as "fly performance"? > > The reason I ask is that, from an economic standpoint, > I'd much rather buy saddles than necks...but I have > found that as my dry flies get smaller, my saddle > hackle fibers wind up being too long; hence require > trimming in order to work right. > > So, is trimming said hackle bad? > > Any opinions/advice would be appreciated. > > Rix Benson > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
