Cut a small section of the drinking straw from which ever end you prefer.
Slit the straw with your scissors.
Slip the thread through the slit.
Slide the straw over the head of the fly, holding the hackle fibers backwards.
Whip it good!
Slip the straw off of the neatly finished fly.You can use a small stir stick for coffee and achieve the same results on midges and micros. As well as reverse hackle tenkara patterns, By simply moving the straw back and pushing the hackle forward.
13 comments:
Man, necessity is the mother of invention. You score an A for this one.
Mark
That is a great tip! Thanks!
Thanks for the nifty idea.
Outstanding. Great idea.
Now one of the large tackle makers wiil make and sell them for 12.95 each.
Josh ... Great tip, and very well illustrated! I will be trying this out tonight. ~ Jim
That's sick. Nice work. Thanks for sharing that.
Ben
Very cool! Here's another tip. For sneaking in a whip finish under a parachute on a dry flies, nothing works better than the good old fashion Bic pen. Remove the ball point and ink and settle the head of the pen right against the eye. Tie in a hand whip finish over the tapered tip, sliding it over the eye of the hook. Works particularly well on small parachutes.
Good tip Josh. AK showed us something similar when I saw him a few weeks ago, but I like your idea better.
wholly crap. Such a simple thing to do that has been frustrating me for a very long time. Im always getting the hackle tyed up near the head. Freeking great Josh! Thanks! serriously - you need to write a book!
I passed an award your way bud...it's in my latest blog post....adventures-with-dad.com
...and you can take the other part of that straw and make an "egg dispenser" just like the ones they sell for $9. Who knew a drinking straw could help you catch more fish? ( Well, you did. :) )
great tip!
You are such a "Smarty", Josh! I will remember this when I start fly tyin'...and that will be...soon!
Cool tip.
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