Re: [VFB] Stimpson Klod-Hopper

[Tom Davenport]

The last sentence in this excerpt from the recipe  should read "behind the head" not "behind the eye".  Sorry. I plan to add this fly to those I tie at the Sowbug.  In addition I would be happy to share the other tricks I learned in this class with any interested. Tom On Feb 19, 2006, at 5:26 AM, Tom Davenport wrote: Clean out the underfur and stack the Elk hair and trim to the exact size you want (it is tied in right behind the head and extends to the butt end of the body).  Hold the trimmed elk hair on the shank and make one soft loop around the elk hair about 1/8 or 1/16 of an inch behind the trimmed end.  Pull your thread up to tighten the loop.  This will very neatly attach the hair to the top of the shank behind the eye Tom Davenport Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd Webshots Albums:  http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav