12-14-2006, 01:39 PM
Oh, and with smaller flies and synthetic post material I some times will tie the post material on perpendicular to the shank and parallell to the floor. [ as if it was an airplane wing on a fuselage ] I do this with figure eight wraps.
After doing a few figure eight wraps to secure it then I pull both ends vertical and make wraps around the material to form it into a post and make a solid base for the hackle to wrap around.
If you have troubles tieing off the hackle or trapping the hackles under the thread try Hans Van Klinken's method. I find it particularily effective for tying midge size parashute drys. He recommends using spider web thread but I use Griffith's 14/0 thread.
The method is demonstrated in this tutorial on tying his famous Kinkhammer Special.
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After doing a few figure eight wraps to secure it then I pull both ends vertical and make wraps around the material to form it into a post and make a solid base for the hackle to wrap around.
If you have troubles tieing off the hackle or trapping the hackles under the thread try Hans Van Klinken's method. I find it particularily effective for tying midge size parashute drys. He recommends using spider web thread but I use Griffith's 14/0 thread.
The method is demonstrated in this tutorial on tying his famous Kinkhammer Special.
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