Pictures

Step 6 - first wing

Step 7 - second wing

Step 8 - wing angle

Step 9 - wings ready

Step 10 - criss cross

Step 13 - cut the barbs

Step 12 - cut the stem

Step 11 - bend the feather away

Step 15 - X-shape

Step 14 - barbs

Step 16 - ready to trim

Step 17 - trimmed

The X-Factor

Body materials

Step 1 - tail

Step 2 - rib

Step 3 - dubbing

Step 4 - dub body

Step 5 - rib

Paired CDC feathers

Amago

Ito

Iwana

Swallowtail butterfly

Since you got this far …

A money box
The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

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Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
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See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.