Rene with the quality of today's hackle one should do it. When you look at the age of the recipe of the fly being tied. Those flys where being tied with Chinese necks. When grizzly and brown are called for I will often use Cree.
BobH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Zillmann Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] How many hackle feathers do you use for a fly List, I recently run through some of my tying books. When it came to hackling a dry fly, they very often called for 2 hackles, which were wound one after the other to build the hackle. When I tie my own dry flies, I usually take one hackle, especially when I use saddle feathers. How do y'all do this? Rene
