I agree bare is better! Anyway works better for me. I have not seen Chris Helm Spin but have seen a really great Florida spinner, Jim Stewart...he does it bare. That is on a bare hook shank :)
At 11:40 AM 3/31/2003 -0400, you wrote:
A short follow-up to my earlier post. One of the tasks normally performed when spinning deerhair bodies is packing the spun clumps; much easier on a bare shank. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Stillwater Fly Fishing - Tools & Tactics (CD), Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
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