Thanks to everyone who has answered my questions so far. You guys are a real help to a beginner like myself.I'm having another problem that hopefully someone can help me with.
I tie two pieces of hackle to the shank, just behind the wings of my Adams dry fly, and begin wrapping hackle towards the eye. However, the hackle often comes loose before I can finish wrapping the hackle. I try to take great care when tying down the hackle, but I am still having problems with the hackle coming loose. What could be the problem? Do I need to put down a drop of head cement before I tie on the hackle?
I started tying size 12's without many problems, but now that I've moved on to a size 16 the hackle often comes loose. I've noticed the hackle seems to twist about its stem more than when I tied size 12 flies. Could this twisting of the hackle cause the hackle pieces to come loose from the hook shank?
I tie two pieces of hackle to the shank, just behind the wings of my Adams dry fly, and begin wrapping hackle towards the eye. However, the hackle often comes loose before I can finish wrapping the hackle. I try to take great care when tying down the hackle, but I am still having problems with the hackle coming loose. What could be the problem? Do I need to put down a drop of head cement before I tie on the hackle?
I started tying size 12's without many problems, but now that I've moved on to a size 16 the hackle often comes loose. I've noticed the hackle seems to twist about its stem more than when I tied size 12 flies. Could this twisting of the hackle cause the hackle pieces to come loose from the hook shank?