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Can neck hackle be used to wrap a body (i.e. caddis fly) properly? I tried it last night and it did not work so well. Don't know if it was more me and technique or if saddle hackle is the only/best option.
I tried a search on the main site and did not see anything.
Yes. It is easier with longer, more uniformly barbed saddles, but good neck hackles work fine.
Hackle quality varies hugely from various growers and sometimes within their own lines, but palmering bodies should be easier than hackling a dry with the same feather, so difficulties with a palmered body might indicate issues to come with other uses for that neck...