Hello All, The brief description on the Whiting web-site describing how the grizzly pattern generates was really quite interesting, thanks for mentioning it, DonO.
Also on the site in the 'Tips and Tricks' section by Al Beatty, he mentions a nifty hackle folding technique that I tried out. I'm assuming that the goal is to bend all barbs 90 degrees toward each other so they're all pointing in the same direction, so that no barbs get trapped underneath when rotating the hackle around hook or post. You cut a slot in a foam block and then press the stem down into the slot. It didn't work so well for me, so maybe someone could offer suggestions. Basically, the barbs just sprang right back to their original shape after being pulled out of the block. Are you supposed to leave them in there for a while? Does it only work with larger feathers? (I was trying to do some size 16 grizzly saddle.) Thanks in advance for any ideas, Mark ps - heh heh heh - the spell checker just suggested that 'DonO' should be changed to 'Dodo', but I vetoed THAT recommendation :-) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
