Quote Originally Posted by Flyandtie1
I read a fly-tying tip that was saying you could save time by not wrapping the whole hook shank with tying thread and just starting the thread at the back of the fly, Taking a few wraps and start tying in your tail...
Turns out that tip is crap because the thread base is no longer there, there is nothing to protect against material slippage!
maybe you didnt understand the tip. from your quote above you only talk about tying in the thread at the bend of the hook to tie in a tail at not the whole fly! dont blame the tip.

1. you can tie in by the eye but just spiral the thread back to the bend in open turns.

2. you can tie in the thread at the bend of the hook and build your fly by wrapping the shank with thread as you wrap the materials forward to the eye.