Hackle

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Sling Wings Nov 20. 2022 Taped wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style. Se how here	The Grizzly Wonder Jul 7. 2021 Feathers Grizzly hackle is something which most tyers use all the time and which we all take for granted, but in my eyes grizzly isn't nearly as appreciated as it deserves to be Much more here
Buying Saddle Hackle Mar 16. 2021 Shopping What to look for when buying coarser saddle hackle - for saltwater and pike flies, for streamers, for salmon flies or other uses Learn what to look for here	Moulin’s Deer Hair Parachute Feb 21. 2020 Technique Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one. See more here

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Video Rooster Hackle - Then and Now - Shape - Part 2 Jan 19. 2025 This is a video talking about rooster hackle shape and showing some excellent hackles from 1830s until the present day.	Video Hackle Wings Dec 28. 2024 Shaped and Stacked; Using Rooster Hackle to Form Dry Fly Wings. Dry fly wings...Typical materials are... 1.) Quill Slips	Video Bibio Dyret Dec 18. 2024 We all know the original Dyret pattern from Gunnar Bingen, but heres a pattern that I have been playing with the past two seasons that has been a killer for wild brown trout.
Video Hackle technique Dec 18. 2024 Heres a quick and useful hackle technique that can be used for all types of hackle.	Video Rooster Hackle - Then and Now - Colors Nov 12. 2024 A look at rooster hackle and the names for various colors.	Video Autumn Hackle Fly Sep 30. 2024 First tutorial of the fly tying season 2024. Sorry for the bad sound… It has been a while since I’ve had the urge and creativity to make tutorials.
Video Superpuppan Aug 12. 2024 Superpuppan is originally one of Swedish Lennart Bergqvist's classics, tied to imitate caddisflies that have risen to the surface and are on their way to land to hatch.	Video Yorkshire’s Trinity Cutcliffe Style Jul 17. 2024 The famous spider patterns tied in stiff hackle versions.	Video Mouches Exquises - Gauloise Bleue Jun 17. 2024 Mouches Exquises are double hackled flies that were first mentioned in a book by Doctor Juge named "Pecheur de Truites" from 1959. Doctor Juge was from Chamberet in the Corrèze.
Video Incomparable Apr 3. 2024 This is my tying of Guy Plas’ Incomparable pattern. I learned about this fly from Jean-Paul Pequegnot’s book “French Fishing Flies”.	Video Brown Hackle Fly Apr 2. 2024 Hi there	Video Cutcliffe #X Mar 17. 2024 Thanks for tuning in.
Video Griffith's Gnat Jan 15. 2024	Video Pheasant Hackle Fly Nov 3. 2023 GREAT PATTERN FOR AUTUMN FISHING. Just love these type of colors for fishing in the autumn. Had fun with some pheasant rump feathers and that ended up in this little one.	Video Twist To Reinforce Oct 17. 2023 Unconventional, easier way of dealing with hackle.

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