Hi Clarence,
I could probably help you with that. I'll shoot you an email with details, but here's a couple of general tips for you and anyone else out there with similar concerns:
-The flies in those pictures don't necessarily fish better than what you're tying. Don't sweat it too much.
-The starting point for a really good deer hair fly is really good deer hair. For bass bugs especially (like size 4 and up), I find a lot of deer hair is too short and not thick enough.
-You probably have tools for stacking and packing the hair, but if not, that's important.
-A neat trick I learned from... maybe one of Charlie Craven's books? Anyway, the trick is to get a piece of heavy-duty plastic, like a quart freezer bag, and some soft wire. After you have stacked, tied in, and packed a clump of hair, wrap the plastic over it and tie it down with the wire. This gets all the hair on the hook out of the way of the next batch, and you can just work your way up the hook with the plastic. Kind of a hassle, but it does help.
-Lots of authors will tell you to steam your bugs and trim with a razor blade. I don't. That's too much of a hassle. I find that if I've done a good job with quality hair, the bug looks fine trimmed with scissors. But I don't tie for the kinds of pictures you're looking at, so you might want to steam yours.
best,
Miles
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:37:29 PM UTC-4, Clarence Fullard wrote:
-- I could probably help you with that. I'll shoot you an email with details, but here's a couple of general tips for you and anyone else out there with similar concerns:
-The flies in those pictures don't necessarily fish better than what you're tying. Don't sweat it too much.
-The starting point for a really good deer hair fly is really good deer hair. For bass bugs especially (like size 4 and up), I find a lot of deer hair is too short and not thick enough.
-You probably have tools for stacking and packing the hair, but if not, that's important.
-A neat trick I learned from... maybe one of Charlie Craven's books? Anyway, the trick is to get a piece of heavy-duty plastic, like a quart freezer bag, and some soft wire. After you have stacked, tied in, and packed a clump of hair, wrap the plastic over it and tie it down with the wire. This gets all the hair on the hook out of the way of the next batch, and you can just work your way up the hook with the plastic. Kind of a hassle, but it does help.
-Lots of authors will tell you to steam your bugs and trim with a razor blade. I don't. That's too much of a hassle. I find that if I've done a good job with quality hair, the bug looks fine trimmed with scissors. But I don't tie for the kinds of pictures you're looking at, so you might want to steam yours.
best,
Miles
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:37:29 PM UTC-4, Clarence Fullard wrote:
To those that can stack and twist hair well, can you show me how to do it? I've been messing around with Dahlberg Divers and just can't get it right. Tired of looking at pictures of nice, tightly packed hair that is perfectly groomed. You mind showing me? I can come to you.
Thanks!
http://www.tpfr.org
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