Don O
That is the video I have. I have yet to watch. LOL So much to do so
little time. Everyone has their own style. I took it for granted and
probably shouldn't have that most of the tiers here would know that you
have
to pack deer hair if they know how to spin it. This thread started in
reference to stacking deer hair which definatley works better on a thread
base. Which I forgot to mention but Mel helped out with. I like
it for spinning also and have no trouble packing the deer hair. I think
you
can pretty much rest assured your duck fly is very special..... :0)
Deb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:07 AM
> Subject: [VFB] Bare shank for spinning
>
>
> > I'm not much of a hair spinner, but I like the bare shank approach
myself.
> > But it is definitely not a requirement, as I know Chris Helms likes a
> thread
> > base.
> > To each his own.
> >
> > Just my 2 cents.
> >
> > DonO
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hans Weilenmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: [VFB] anybody out there?
> >
> >
> > > On 31 Mar 2003 at 7:37, Deborah Duran wrote:
> > >
> > > > I actually use a thread base for spinning also...
> > >
> > > I'm with Deb on this. The perceived requirement of having a bare
> > > shank to effectively spin deer hair is one of the persistent urban
> > > legends of tying. It just does not want to up&go away ;-)
> > >
> > > If you take a step back and think about it for a moment, you are
> > > tying tying down a clump of parallel round sticks. While the
> > > innermost ring of strands closest to the shank may benefit from less
> > > friction on a bare shank, this will not affect the vast majority of
> > > the strands. They will roll and move, relative to their neigbours, as
> > > much regardless of the bare or thread-covered center.
> > >
> > > Just Do It, and the hair will oblige ;-)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Hans W
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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