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Goddess, you didn't mention the wire in your first post, which is why I did in mine. The counterwrap makes these SO much more durable, but I see so many tied without it, falling apart after a couple...

If you do this, then the hackle is held on at two points, front and back, and you have used the weakest part of the feather, the tip, for the fly. One toothy brown cutting the hackle and your fly is...