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Heavy Hackle One Feather

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Published on Sep 7. 2017 - 7 years ago
Updated or edited 7 years ago

Hackle

Tying techniques

Early in our tying career we often had to use 4 or more India cape feathers to produce a heavily hackled dry fly. Today the great hackle produced here in the USA allows all of us to accomplish the same with a single feather.

Originator

Al Beatty

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