Tony: Thanks.. I'll try that.. Sanded.. Wow, that is tight, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Spinning deer hair/handmade packing/stacking/spinning
tools
Chuck,
I don't use a packer, I use my fingernails. Put the
end of your fingernail from your first finger on top
of the hook shank and thumb nail on the bottom of the
hook shank, with the flat part of the nails against
the hair. With the two fingers, push against the hair
while twisting your hand from left to right, This will
pack the hair pretty good. As an example, check out
the "Sanded Minnow" on Renne's site. it was packed
that way and it was tight enough to sand the deer hair
body with 320 sandpaper.
Tony
--- Chuck Alexander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mr. Eaux... I have a book that shows you fly tying
tools you can make and it shows how to make the hair
packers (stackers??) with old ink pen tubes and
dowels with holes drilled in them.. Well, the
"correct" pages I saw said this is a no no as it
pushes the hair down instead of back.. Since you are
a rebel stacker/packer/spinner, will these home made
tools suffice??? Thanks, Chuck
(The po boy who is too po to buy proper tools LOL)
----- Original Message -----
From: DonO
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Spinning deer hair
Lane,
One thing I might point out is that stacking your
hair in a stacker to get the tips aligned is a
different process from stacking the deer hair on the
hook to get designs, like multi-colors on the top
side of a sculpin head. This leads to a little
confusion until you separate the processes.
DonO
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