>>1182125>I tried this and it didn’t work out well for me. The knots kept picking up debris while drifting and fucking it up. Anytime I’m not wild trout fishing I’m sure it would be fine thoughyeah they do like to pick things up if you're not careful. i always use a blood knot, cut the tags long (if normally i'd cut a tag to 1-2mm i leave these tags 3-4 mm) and melt them down with a lighter, it really smooths up the knot and makes them slip through the bullshit better.
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>that buggerit's not awful, it will absolutely fish, but i can offer some tips.
1: tie like the hook is a hook eye's length shorter than it actually is so that you have a space almost an eye length long to build a neat little head, here's a video for that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk7YL6ZWitY&index=27&list=PLz42K_a_F18TPXaszSdbGSxp-MXTun_Ga2: try tying in your hacklr like this
>tie in the tail>tie in a piece of wire, like you would to rib a nymph>tie in your chenille>leave your thred there, and use it to help compress the wraps for a nice compact body>catch, and tie down the chenille just at the no-tie zone>grab your hackle and prep it, tie it in just at the no tie zone>take 1 full wrap right there, not moving it back yet>take another half wrap, then start open spiral wraps rearward>when you get to the tail, use one or two wraps of wire to secure the feather>use the wire to take open spiral wraps up the fly, wiggling the wire around as you go to minimise trapped fibers>this counter wraps the hackle and makes the fly more durable>catch the wire and tie it offthis video shows the basic technique at 0:57
>helicoper it to break it offbuild a head
>whip finish>buggerthese ones are big (something around a size 4 tied with schlappen and estaz) but the principal is the same
