strip half the feather before tying it in.
or trim once tied in before the palmering.
Mark.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks: I have been tying some Griffiths
Gnats..To tie in the hackle feather to the back of the hook to start the
palmering forward, I trim the barbs real short for about 1/16th of an inch
(cause it's on a #18 hook), tie that in from front to back. Then, I take my
thread back to the front of the hook, towards the eye..When I make a sharp
right turn to wrap clockwise towards the eye, a few of the barbs stick
straight back, and up at an angle, then start getting into the normal palmered
position and goes on up the hook, where I tie it off at the hook eye.. Those
few wild hairs kinda look like a tail, so it's not that back, but my question
was, how do you tie in the hackle so that you don't get those few stray
hairs??? Anybody see what I'm saying??? Thanks, Chuck
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