first time tier

[stream]

I am trying to get which hackle's work for dry and which is the one for wet.
I am reading that hen's work for wet and rooster's for dry am i right or do i have this backwward.

[kbproctor]

You got it. Hen hackle tends to soak up water where cock doesn't.

[Denny]

Here is one of the places you can become an expert on Hackle.
My Daughter, Liz wrote it several years ago. It was first published here on FAOL. I do not have my fingers on the location but is is also on our site. Here is the URL for you to read.

http://www.conranch.com/hackle_article.html

Liz is co-owner of Conranch Hackle

Denny

[rainbowchaser]

Read this also. It will answer a lot of your questions on tying and speed up the learning curve. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/

[Steven McGarthwaite]

I first took fly tying lessons at the "Fly Fishing Cabin" in Little Canada, MN.

Then a year later I joined FAOL in October of 1997. Even though it was just starting, I saw something that was worth coming back to every week.

Al Campbell was my mentor on FAOL, and he built up a wonderful Fly Tying Series; for Beginners, Intermediate, & Advance Fly Tying.

Your daugthers article is found on FAOL in the "Fly Fishing for Beginners" archives What is Hackle?

~Parnelli

Side Note: Denny and Elizabeth Conrad raise some of the best hackle, I have ever used, and they are my go to people when I am looking for material.

[TyroneFly]

Here is one of the places you can become an expert on Hackle.
My Daughter, Liz wrote it several years ago. It was first published here on FAOL. I do not have my fingers on the location but is is also on our site. Here is the URL for you to read.

http://www.conranch.com/hackle_article.html

Liz is co-owner of Conranch Hackle

Denny

That is an excellent article by your daughter Liz and one I tell folks about when they ask questions about hackle.