Quote Originally Posted by Joe Billingsley View Post
Just saw this pattern by tightlinevideo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ghhpkRCUk - and they say to use neither the coarse guard hair or the soft fuzzy underfur, but the "middle hairs". Now I'm really confused.

Joe
Hi Joe,

He explains it pretty well in the video. He cut the clump of hair from the heel of the foot. He didn't want a lot of the finer fuzzy underfur that's right next to the bone, and he didn't want any longer stray guard hairs sticking out either. He just wanted to use a nice compact clump that was about the same in total length. If he kept too much of the underfur, it would be a little too bulky for that sized fly. If you look close, he is useing some of the underfur and the shorter more even guard hairs in his clump.

Regards,
Mark