Back into my hole!
Richard Zieger wrote:
Re: [VFB] dry hackles, gauges, sorting Did they even have hackle then?runnin' & duckin'Rick----- Original Message -----From: Allan FishSent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:13 PMSubject: Re: [VFB] dry hackles, gauges, sorting
Yeah, but you could use those quills for tails back then!
Allan
Pete: They have improved soooo much, that when Allan Fish was a child, chickens just had quills sticking out ..... ROFL.. J/K Allan.. I kid because I care.... Chuck
----- Original Message -----From: Peter GrampTo: [email protected]Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 4:51 AMSubject: Re: [VFB] dry hackles, gauges, sorting
I'm nowhere near as old, err, "experienced" as some on this list, but can attest that in just the last 14 or 15 years the quality of hackles has improved at an astonishing rate! When I first started (mind you, this is when I was age 13 or so) tying, all I could afford was Indian necks, which were actually graded as the genetics of today are -- and I thought I had gotten the best thing since sliced bread when receiving a indian neck with size 14's that only required TWO hackles for a dry's collar... So I guess I'm saying that if hackles improved that much in just 14 or 15 years, I can't fathom the extent to which they've improved since before then! I'm very fortunate to be around in this time frame -- of course, in another 15 years, I'll look back and hopefully think "how did I ever tie with such undeveloped materials"?One can only hope and dream...Tight wraps,Pete
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