02-14-2013, 09:12 PM
Love...,
Your ties look very good. As others have said be careful with your hackle length. It's easy to "overdress". One thing that will help understand proportions is to buy (ask Gramps, we're easy) some 100 pack hackles. They are presized. I would suggest just one pack of size 18 or 20 Dun. Use them for Blue Wings. You will get a sense of hackle length.
If you want to become an awesome tier, practice tying a Muddler Minnow. If you can tie that very well, you can tie anything.
But like Clarkie said... it's about the fisheys.
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Your ties look very good. As others have said be careful with your hackle length. It's easy to "overdress". One thing that will help understand proportions is to buy (ask Gramps, we're easy) some 100 pack hackles. They are presized. I would suggest just one pack of size 18 or 20 Dun. Use them for Blue Wings. You will get a sense of hackle length.
If you want to become an awesome tier, practice tying a Muddler Minnow. If you can tie that very well, you can tie anything.
But like Clarkie said... it's about the fisheys.
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