Re: [VFB] Hackle splaying problem

[mark romero]

Right Rene, ALWAYS strip a few extra barbs of hackle off the far side of the 
feather at the tye in point. "Start" the first turn clean for the first 1/8 
of an inch or so. And if your gonna use more than one hackle, leave tiny 
gaps in the first one(s wraps), so as to get the second one in between the 
gaps, and make sure to wiggle (when needed) the second one as you wrap it, 
to keep from pinning down the first wraps. mark....


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rene Zillmann)
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle splaying problem
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 11:55:52 +0200
Murf,
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

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