03-13-2007, 06:50 PM
[black][size 3]The whip finish tool came very easy to me. We (Alan and myself) are involved in a Chironomid fly swap (another forum, sorry but hey, new flies).[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I was teaching him to tie a blood midge and the whip finising was the hardest for him to get. I will admit, however, by the time he tied the 15th one, it was getting better.[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I do it a little different from the pictures.[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I hook the thread with the little hook, then loop to catch the bend hook, lifting up horizontal to the hook to create a little triangle, with thread running horizontal to the hook shank. Spin it around the eye three times, unloope bend hook, pull and unhook hook.[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I will admit, it is so easy for me, I get a little frustrated trying to teach this, but Alan got it.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]I was teaching him to tie a blood midge and the whip finising was the hardest for him to get. I will admit, however, by the time he tied the 15th one, it was getting better.[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I do it a little different from the pictures.[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I hook the thread with the little hook, then loop to catch the bend hook, lifting up horizontal to the hook to create a little triangle, with thread running horizontal to the hook shank. Spin it around the eye three times, unloope bend hook, pull and unhook hook.[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]I will admit, it is so easy for me, I get a little frustrated trying to teach this, but Alan got it.[/size][/black]
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