For sure! I can't remember where I saw it first, but it helps a lot keeping those pesky materials away from the front of the fly! Thank you for watching!
Hey Dave! Watching other people tie is a great way to pick-up new techniques - like the way you hang one side of your dubbing loop so it doesn't twist up. Thats a nice dubbing twister you have, it's got some good weight to it - IMHO, most of the twisters on the market are too light and don't pull the thread taught enough to hold some solid/slippery materials (like squirrel tail) - made my own out of some coat-hanger and a 2 ounce egg-sinker. Being old-school (read: 3/0 thread) I was taught to minimize my thread wraps (2 behind to secure, 1 infront to lock followed by a half-hitch to keep everything tight). Still prefer 3/0 for putting down a thread base or building a tapered underbody (quickly - with less than two hundred wraps LOL!) and for stronger dubbing loops. Cheers! Hank
Hey Dave! Watching other people tie is a great way to pick-up new techniques - like the way you hang one side of your dubbing loop so it doesn't twist up. Thats a nice dubbing twister you have, it's got some good weight to it - IMHO, most of the twisters on the market are too light and don't pull the thread taught enough to hold some solid/slippery materials (like squirrel tail) - made my own out of some coat-hanger and a 2 ounce egg-sinker. Being old-school (read: 3/0 thread) I was taught to minimize my thread wraps (2 behind to secure, 1 infront to lock followed by a half-hitch to keep everything tight). Still prefer 3/0 for putting down a thread base or building a tapered underbody (quickly - with less than two hundred wraps LOL!) and for stronger dubbing loops. Cheers! Hank
For sure! I watch tying videos all the time and they definitely help :) The dubbing spinner I have is the OPST dubbing spinner and it is very helpful for the types of flies I like to tie. You're right on thread wraps. I generally tie quick flies for my guided trips and I really stress "durability" so I can use one fly over and over without them falling apart. I definitely need to refine a bit more with some more precise wraps and less thread turns. Thank you again for checking out the videos!
