Tying question. I have been looking at several sites showing tutorials for tying an elk-hair caddis. Most of them show the hackle being tied in at the front of the dubbing (toward the eye of the hook), then palmered back to the top of the bend, then forward (through the hackle now in place) toward the eye, and the starting point of the hackle. Do you-all subscribe to this back-then-forward method, or do any of you tie the hackle in at the top of the bend of the hook and make only one pass (back to front) with the palmering? What is the rationale for your choice?? Do you include a wire rib to wrap over the hackle? Enquiring minds, etc.
Larry Johnson Springville, Utah
