Re: [VFB] Hackle tying proceedure

[Rodney]

Chuck, I don't know what it is, but I have a heck of a time trying to "fold" hackle...  So basically I do the same and also make a couple "extra" wraps to thicken it...  There's a tying instructional on FAOL by Ron Lucas, who shows the procedure of "folding hackle" and he does recommend that if you have a hard time "folding" hackle to do just that, strip one side of the feather and then tie it in, but you have to make a couple extra wraps of hackle because it's quite sparse...   Rodney...     ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vfb@troutnet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:07 PM Subject: [VFB] Hackle tying proceedure Folks: I don't wanna make any late, great tyers turn over in their graves, or any hear keel over, but I have tried something that seems to work well for Me, but have never read or heard of anybody else doing it. Seems that whenever I try to tie in wet hackle, I ALWAYS grab barbs with the threads, and they end up going frontwards, backwards, sideways, all over but straight... So... I stripped ALL the barbs off one side of the quill. Tied it in so the proper side would be forward when it was tied. Allowed twice the quill length to make up for the missing barbs, and then just wrap it around the shank. Works like a charm... Anybody ever done this??? Chuck