Now here’s the question. If you look at the rear of the fly, the tinsel is on the hook shank with what appears to be no thread. How did he/she do that? Is there an adhesive backed tinsel? It sure makes the body slim, which I try to do.
Bud… you could tie off the tinsel at the front, run it straight back on the hook shaft without winding… wrap some thread over that to keep it in place… return thread to eye. then wrap the tinsel back up toward the eye and tie off there. Just one way.
Tinsel was most likely tied in at the head of the fly wrapped back and then forward again. Use a smaller gauge tinsel, it will be more time consuming but may give you the effect your after.
later
Mike
You could do as Diane suggested or tie the tinsel on at the front, wrap it to the back, and then forward again over itself. I tie tinsel bodies this way most of the time. When I do so I usually put some head cement on the hook shank before wrapping the tinsel. Take care & …
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