Scott,

That's exactly the way I had been taught. I purposely omitted identifying the method and the two tyers who introduced(taught) me to this technique because I thought that to do so could inhibit responses or possibly cause some hijacking of the topic. However, now that Scott has provided and excellent photo sequence and described the technique, I'll mention the tyers: Poul Jorgensen and Dick Talleur. In my opinion both of them were exceptional in their abilities to tye flies, demonstrate tying and teach the art. As Scott mentioned, works with any material. I would add one slight and important additional technique to what Scott described when tying wood duck wings. That is, as you encircle each wing for the last time, squeeze and twist the base so that the entire wing is edge forward rather then bunched. This way it will give a better impression and cut into the wind on casts.

Allan