Re: [VFB] Folding Hackle

[mark romero]

Mike, one more tip. Make sure you go out and get yourself a pair of the the 
finest tipped scissors that Dr. slick makes. They are VERY pointed. I think 
they may be called the arrow model. Best investment you'll ever make. You'll 
need them when you make your trim of whatever amount of hackle you decide to 
eliminate before wraping. That cut needs to be extremely accurate and VERY 
close to the stem. mark...

From: "Joyce's crafts and flies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Folding Hackle
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 04:03:07 -0700
I do it as Al and Gretchen Beatty taught me..tie in the feather by the 
point, take the OUTSIDE edge of the scissors and simply hold the hackle 
under tension and run that outside edge along the hackle stem, it will put 
a bend in the barbs and it will fold like a champ as you pull it and guide 
it with your fingers and run it around the hook shank (or if you are the 
lucky owner of a Norvise or other rotary vise, then you simply spin the 
vice and it will lay, wrap after wrap, nicely folded). Joyce

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