At least I've never seen it done before. Brilliant. It's like a "defense is the best offense" theory. I don't mean the separating of the wings, just the tying them in.
Thanks to tightlinevideo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ai1wpWCao
Joe
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At least I've never seen it done before. Brilliant. It's like a "defense is the best offense" theory. I don't mean the separating of the wings, just the tying them in.
Thanks to tightlinevideo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ai1wpWCao
Joe
Wow, that was a surprise! I've seen dozens of tricks and tips for tying in deer hair wings but that's new to me. A full spin-o-rama.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Billingsley
I've actually done that by accident a few times, but instead of continuing with the tie, I unwrapped the hair and started over. Not too smart.
I'm with you, Bruce. I've had the wings do that, too, and have started over. Never occurred to me to use it as an advantage.
Joe
There's a couple of good ideas in that video: the spinning of the wing, and the wrapping the herl behind the thread. Thanks for pointing this video out.
Tightlinevideo puts out really good stuff.
Joe
That pattern will slaughter fish on the Yellowstone on the first or second warm day coming up...
I did try the thread, herl trick. It works perfectly.
I'm on the fence about the hair spin. It works, but I'm not sure it's that much better.
When I did the spin, the hair separated a lot. Don't know whether to let it separate, or try to bunch it back together.
In the video he did seem to manipulate the hair with his fingers a little, especially to stop it after it had gone around the shank.
Joe
Joe, thanks for the link. I like this idea of split wings using deerhair. It looks really cool - but - since I typically use 5X and sometimes 6X tippet I'm concerned about the fly doing the "propeller" thingy.
Still, it'd be fun to try.
Jeremy.