Joyce, I prefer the approach as illustrated in the below step by step for a variety of reasons. I wrote a piece on the subject for the Flyfisherman magazine web site, but in their recent site re-vamp it got lost, so no working url for it.
However, try this step by step which shows my preferred approach. http://www.danica.com/flytier/steps/buttercup/buttercup.htm Cheers, Hans On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Joyce Westphal <westpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm interested in hackle tie in techniques. Do you wind the thread behind > the hackle, back from the eye, wind the hackle and then run the thread > through it? Do you tie in at the back of the hackle and wind the hackle up > to the eye and tie off at the eye without winding the thread through it? Do > you always tie it in wide end first or narrow end first? Inquiring minds > want to know. take a moment and let me know your technique and why it works > well for you. Joyce > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- ==================== You have a Friend in Low Places ==================== Hans Weilenmann, The Netherlands http://www.danica.com/flytier ================================================================= -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
