Hackle twisting

[ronnie_mckee]

agree that partridge hackles are very delicate. If you have a rotary vise, I sometimes tie in the hackle, clamp my hackle pliers onto the stem and let it hang then rotate the vise.

I have a pack of Partridge feathers that would break easy while wrapping so I tried using the rotary to wrap the feather. Worked very well with the soft hackle without me pulling on the feather.

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