Reverse Tying - is a method of tying your fly bodies
that is much faster and also improves the durability
as well. Basically all you do with this technique is
tie your body material on the hook at the front and
wrap it toward the back of the hook. Then you tie the
material off at the back of the hook and rib forward
with the tying thread. When tying woolly buggers as an
example: tie the chenille and hackle on the hook at the
front; wrap the chenille back and secure; and then palmer
the hackle back and secure it as well. Last rib forward
with the tying thread and finish off the fly.
If you are dubbing a body you can also use the tying thread
for the rib -- on a green drake you can tie the fly with
yellow tying thread, dub from the just behind the wings
to the start of the tail, and last wrap back with the yellow
tying thread forming the rib. ~ Al Beatty
Please check out the Fly Tying Section, on the Bulletin Board, here at FAOL too.
If you have any questions, tips, or techniques; send them to
publisher@flyanglersonline.com
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