Ginger, you wrote > >>From: Ginger Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: [VFB] splaying feathers > >>Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:39:30 -0500 > >> > >> > >>The best way I've found yet to solve your problem, which is every tyer's > >>problem is to determine the length you want the hackles and instead of > >>stripping the barbs clear of where you plan to tie on, you cut straight > >>across the hackle (you can do this one at a time or all three at a > time), > >>right through the quill and this leaves the base of the hackle shaped > >>like a V and clean. Now take some Flexcement or Softex and coat that > area > >>at the base about a quarter to a half inch. Let dry. Now you can tie in > >>one or all three hackles and they won't twist, rotate or pull off.
[jerry goldsmith] I think the second or third time I tied a deceiver or a splayed Tarpon fly and had the middle feather twist I said well, it might not be what a show tier would do, but I bet a little soft-tex would hold those suckers LOCK TITE !!! I have been dippin' ever since !! I really like my flies to look "great", but I don't much care what short cuts or methods I use. I won't win many tying competitions, but my flies look good, catch fish and stay together. I didn't know it was Blanton technique I was using, but I have to say it works GREAT. And I also do a bunch at once and let the opposing pairs dry next to one another and then I bag them as a pair. JG
