...Of a visit from some kind of fly tying men in black. Or are the high priests of fly fishing sharpening their sacrificial knives with a view to cutting out my heart? I'm beginning to feel like I am committing some kind of mortal sin, doing something which is absolutely forbidden in fly tying. I've never seen the prohibition written down anywhere, or ever had anyone tell me I can't. Have I missed out on something?

Is it absolutely forbidden to take wraps of thread off when tying flies?

I do have to ask because I've just seen another video in which the tier doesn't take wraps off when perhaps it would make sense if he did. Let me explain. The tier used 4 wraps of thread to fail to secure a partridge hackle. When he took hold of it to wind it, it pulled out. He then used 5 turns to re secure the feather, without taking off the first four wraps.

Now this person has filmed this video as an example of how tie, no one has commented on it, so I can only presume that there is some kind of regulation against this.

Do I need to be afraid?

Cheers,
A.