IF you are using Calftail or Rabbit, I had told you earlier to leave the thread just in front of the eyes. Measure length of material and cut BEFORE you tie it to the hook. Let the butts hang a BIT over the eye of the hook. Take 2 gentle wraps around the butts, and you can pull rearward till the butts clear the eye (this way you don't have to do a "haircut" once you finish the fly. IMPORTANT: Before you do any more wrapping, apply head cement or cyanoacrylate glue to the butts before winding so the wing doesn't pull out when you are fishing. (When Calf gets wet it is VERY slippery and will pull right out if you don't use a bit of glue/cement).
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Charlie Step 13
IF you are using Calftail or Rabbit, I had told you earlier to leave the thread just in front of the eyes. Measure length of material and cut BEFORE you tie it to the hook. Let the butts hang a BIT over the eye of the hook. Take 2 gentle wraps around the butts, and you can pull rearward till the butts clear the eye (this way you don't have to do a "haircut" once you finish the fly. IMPORTANT: Before you do any more wrapping, apply head cement or cyanoacrylate glue to the butts before winding so the wing doesn't pull out when you are fishing. (When Calf gets wet it is VERY slippery and will pull right out if you don't use a bit of glue/cement).
