Also great tip is to pay attention also to the angle of the cut of of the rachis that as well with the curvature should help you keep track of slips while your marrying. Also it will help you make use of the spare slips left over. Make a box or tray or tin with all your lefts and one with all your rights. Using those two benchmarks will help you orient loose slips.
Yes very good tips for beginners!!! I save all my loose slips in tackle boxes. But I save them for mixed wings. I can tell left grom right even if they are cut straight. But those starting out may have trouble so separating left and right would be a huge help.
Thanks buddy! I'm usually about crashing eyed and seeing stripes after marrying one of these haha. Its all fun tho!!! Just hoping a few others can take something away from the video and use it to advance their tying a little.
learning myself how to tie these beautiful wings. Thanks so much for your explanation and demos. Where do you get quality dyed turkey feathers from. I have been looking for nice feathers to use but often they are not very high quality
Good dyed turkey has become quite hard to find. I buy white turkey feathers and dye it myself. Not all are perfect quality but if you buy a whole.tail you will get a good amount of usable material. Keep.an eye on ebay, there has been some nice lots of NICE dyed turkey tail popping up. No matter how big the lots expect to pay $10-$15 per pair. If you get in a bidding war ive seen them recharge the equivalent of $20 per pair.the last lot was 15pair all different colors, that one.sold for ateast $220. May have gone higher. Or look for White Turkey tail, get some Jaquard feather dyes from Amazon and try dying your own. Its not to hard to do. I have a video on it as well. There is a guy in Uzbekistan on ebay. He sells some real decent white turkey pretty often. You may need to hey on ebay.uk and search "turkey tail feathers." Sellers id is (featherswithlove). Hes a good reputable seller. I've bought a lot of turkey from in in the last few yeara
Once they are used up on the one side, I have no further use for the feather. I usually give them away. I won't really be fishing anymore so tying fishing flies is not something I ab to do much of unless someone specifically asked for some.
I get my kori thru feathersmc and the kori bustard program. John McLain gives kori away to customers on occasion when he is able to get some from the Cincinnati zoo. There is also some that pops up on ebay but it gets rather expensive. The amgold is a bit hard to fi d as well. Typically golden pheasant tail is used. The amgold is used as an artistic sub.
Sorry for the delay in my answer. I just had a double lung transplant and am still recovering and going thru pt. But don't be affraid to ask further questions. Im happy to help
Good video bud. I am forced to cut out a lot more than I need because, at my age, I can't see that well any more. I do a lot of guessing. Trout flies were never like this.
Cutting out more material than needed is ok. I have a box full of extra slips from when I cut out too much. Those slips can be used for mixed wing flies. Salmon flies certainly are a whole different animal from trout flies!
