"Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it"
Ed Zern
This is very similar to what Norm Norlander uses with the Nor-vise. In fact you can use all of Norm's procedures on a rotary vise, just not as fast.
Good site with lots of neat flies. Thanks for posting.
iaflyfisher
Wrapping the hackle and thread like this dates back at least 400 years. It is how the hackle is wound on the Stewart Black Spider.
Cheers,
C.
That was pretty cool.
Pretty cool, don't have rotary but by hand should work okay too. LOL
Fatman
I couldn't get it to play. Anyone else have that problem? Nevermind-got it.
Last edited by dave potts; 06-15-2011 at 02:05 AM. Reason: addition
I do that with quite a few of my flies... the thread gives the hackle a bit of strength and makes the fly last longer against fish teeth this way.