I'm not shure about your problem, but when it is about propper hackling, I usually leafe a bit a free hackle steem at the tie-in point. The first wrap is with the bar steem, then come the barbs.
Dubbing the hackle area helps additionally.
But I'm sure, you know this anyway
Rene
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/25/2004 9:21:35 PM , [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So…what do you WANT your hackle to look like?
Chris,
I want the dry fly to look like it has wings and legs and not like a blur of spikes. Most of my flys come out fine but sometimes the hackle splays and the result is a fly that catches fish but not my fancy. I suppose that I am getting picky in my old age or just vain in trying to impress other tyers that my flys are well/properly tied.
Murf
