[VFB] Trimming Hackles part 1

[Chris Broomell]

Hello list.      I can't believe that I am having to send this message out!  Seems like someone (DonO...where were you for this one??) could have offered the definitive solution to this dilemma...     As I see it - people trim hackles because they aren't sized proportionally to the hook gap and, therefor, aren't "correctly" sized for the fly.  While everyone has been quibbling about the ethics of the practice (and making poor Jimmy and Doug ashamed to have contributed their opinions in the process!) I have been trying to SOLVE the problem.   Any of these should work.  Try them.