So, what have you learned of fly tying, that you wish you had learned sooner, or is simply something which really helped you a lot? Little tricks, tips, things we have learned. For me, I have a couple, for example:
A little piece of drinking straw over my bobbin stem makes an awesome little hackle guard for small hackled flies
You can have an easier time on little parachutes sometimes by whip finishing around the post, not the eye.