I tried tying a March Brown tonight and I need some help. I had a lot of trouble with the paired down wings using the fibers from a paired set of partridge wing feathers. The fibers or barbules or whatever they are called held together as well as turkey wings do until I tied them to the hook; then they split apart. The same thing happens when I use turkey feathers as well so I am pretty sure I'm doing something wrong. Any tips or suggested sites that show a "how to" on tying wet flies? I looked at Al Campbell's tying tutorial and his down wing isn't paired.

Thanks.

I'll try and post a picture when I get a chance of the failures so you can see what I'm talking about.