Me Too!

As I found out last night, you really need very sharp and very fine scissors to make them look really good. The ones I was using last night weren't cutting it (pun intended). I'm going to try and pick up a good pair of Dr. Slicks sometime this week.

The other 1/2 of the equation is good spinning hair. I'm using antelope for these. It's very compressible and very pliable. The downside is it's pretty brittle. On the Goddard it dosen't really matter since you trim it so close. It's also super important that you pack it really tight towards the hook shank. It helps give it the "right" look.

I'm also debating the worth of time/effort of putting on the antenna on these. I generally cut them off before I tie them on anyway. The look better but unless you are fishing the long horned caddis (Leptoceridae) hatch I don't think they make much of a difference in how they catch fish. They also makes it really difficult to get the hackle to look right and to get a good head wrapped.


[This message has been edited by Lonnie (edited 30 November 2004).]