dano, the article was worth reading. thanx.
just a note about the article. on dry flies he claims that the wing should be the shaft length and the hackle is 1.5-2 times the hook gap. this all sounds dandy but for the beginner trying to figure out 2 times the hook gap? well? it's easier to just lay the hackle across the shaft and the wing the length of the hook. easy to do. i've been tying my flies this way ever since i started and have no problem with them.
my question is this= what do you do in the manner that you use a 1x length dry hook like tying a wulff pattern or humpy? if you go by the articles the hackle will end up the same length or longer than the wing because the hook gap doesn't change on a standard length hook to a 1x or 2x!
about the article on typical wet fly the rule of thumb i go by is the wing should reach the mid point of the tail.
for typical steelhead wets my reference book states the wing is to the end of the tail.
thanks for including the arcticle. as you and i know there are many ways to tie flies, i'm just giving some help for the beginners to make it easy. what works for me all these years should work for them.
my reference for the information i posted is from a book intitled "American Fly Tying Manual' by dave hughes. the original copyright is 1986 but the book is still around today and is still sold in many fly shops and fishing shops to this day. i recommend this simple inexpensive book to any beginner.
~doubletaper
post edited by doubletaper - 2009/01/10 03:56:27