On the same website there's another way to do it by hand, and that way gives you much more control over the folding than the slot-in-foam method. Folded hackles can be tip-mounted at the bend of the hook and palmered forward; in wet flies a folded hackle automatically curves the barbs towards the bend of the hook.
Martin
Mark Klemick wrote:
Hello All,
The brief description on the Whiting web-site describing how the
grizzly pattern generates was really quite interesting, thanks for
mentioning it, DonO.
Also on the site in the 'Tips and Tricks' section by Al Beatty, he
mentions a nifty hackle folding technique that I tried out. I'm
assuming that the goal is to bend all barbs 90 degrees toward each
other so they're all pointing in the same direction, so that no barbs
get trapped underneath when rotating the hackle around hook or post.
You cut a slot in a foam block and then press the stem down into the
slot. It didn't work so well for me, so maybe someone could offer
suggestions. Basically, the barbs just sprang right back to their
original shape after being pulled out of the block.
Are you supposed to leave them in there for a while? Does it only
work with larger feathers? (I was trying to do some size 16 grizzly
saddle.)
Thanks in advance for any ideas,
Mark
ps - heh heh heh - the spell checker just suggested that 'DonO'
should be changed to 'Dodo', but I vetoed THAT recommendation :-)
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