Rene, i always tye in by the tip for my soft hackles. I like the longest
fibers (barbs) to be the last to go on............so that they flare out the
longest and "Best." I've got a "thing" about Spey flies, and the whole
concept of hackle being something that looks pretty/and or wild, and
"flows." I'm always interested in looking at old Irish, Welsh and English
flies too....and flies from other parts of Europe also. Now traditionally
Spey flies have the hackle tyed in by the butt, because the hackle is
supposed to be longer in the rear.......but i dunno. I kind of like it
longer up front. Don't suppose the fish care one way or the other. But since
the Spey fly is really a shrimp imitation.........i guess it does make sense
for the hackle, (legs/pinchers) to be longer in the rear.......the direction
the shrimp travels. Get it? My flies are not exactly shrimp imitatins
though, lol. They are the next stage in the Spey evolution, lol. Space
Speys, or something like that, LMAO. Actually i'm just hoping they will work
on ANY type Salmon (Pacific or Atlantic) and or Steelhead. I haven't had the
chance to try them out yet, because there's a regulation that says you can't
fish with a fly tyed on a hook as big as i've been using, up on the tribs.
of Lake Ontario, upstate. So, i'm going to have to size them down and give
'em a try. mark............
From: jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [VFB] videos and compatibility
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:13:15 -0600
Rene,
The North American standard for VHS tapes is NTSC and another standard is
PAL. I think the European standard is PAL. You might have a compatibility
problem for tapes. I don't know the standards for DVD though. There is a
conversion method.
Jerry
WY
At 10:49 PM 9/26/04 +0200, you wrote:
Mark,
that's right, hackling can be very divers. I'm currently running through a
book about the history of soft hackled flies. (Book was recently reviewed
on Globalflyfi). It covers 200 years of writing about softhackles,
referencing a lot of old books. Some of the books discuss dry as well. In
some older books they tie in the hackle by the tip and wrap them using the
steem as handle.
I was demonstrated this for soft hackles by Jeff Hintz during the sowbug.
I tie them now this way.
Maybe I can look for the videos, when I'm over there for the next time.
Was unable to make detailed plans, though.
Rene
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