Larry, I rope-dub my hackle in with the body material- one pass. Don't use ribbing. Rationale is that I can make the hackle as dense as I want, and it can't be cut or come un-tied and un-wrap on you. See article on Byard's site.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: [VFB] caddis > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.22/1013 - Release Date: 9/17/2007 1:29 PM > >
