Dallasblues 0 Report post Posted October 17 Hey all. I’ve been tying lots of winged wets lately. Most have been hackled by wrapping partridge around the shank just like I do with soft hackle/spiders. Then I add the wing on top. This looks just fine when I do it. However I see many beautiful wet fly patterns where a throat is tied in on the underside of the shank rather than wrapped around the post. For the life of me I can’t figure out how this is done. I’ve tried rotating my vise so the fly is upside down then tying hackle fibers at the throat. I’ve had mixed success at best and almost always impale a finger or two on the hook point in the process. I’ve tried loosely tying fibers on top and rotating them below before tightening. They just become a haggard mess and look nothing like the beautiful pics I see. I’ve tried wrapping the post and then pulling them down and giving a few wraps to hold them there. Same result… haggard mess. Not sure what to do here. How do you guys/gals tie in those beautiful throats? Any tips, ideas, pictures or video links would be helpful. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted October 17 using my flies shown above. i turn the fly upside down and tie 2 bunches of hackle fibers and then trim the butts as close as i can you can also wrap the hackle normally and then gather the hackle from the top and pull down below the hook shank. i have trouble doing that method so i just do as i mentioned above i took a tying class long ago with don bastian and he used the method of tying under the hook shank you really dont have to rotate the fly upside down. just bring the kackle fibers from below and tie down watch this video https://youtu.be/xXcfaUOoTNw?feature=shared ian has a lot of winged wet fly videos that are worth watching Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dallasblues 0 Report post Posted October 17 34 minutes ago, flytire said: using my flies shown above. i turn the fly upside down and tie 2 bunches of hackle fibers and then trim the butts as close as i can you can also wrap the hackle normally and then gather the hackle from the top and pull down below the hook shank. i have trouble doing that method so i just do as i mentioned above i took a tying class long ago with don bastian and he used the method of tying under the hook shank you really dont have to rotate the fly upside down. just bring the kackle fibers from below and tie down watch this video https://youtu.be/xXcfaUOoTNw?feature=shared ian has a lot of winged wet fly videos that are worth watching Oh man! That’s great. I kinda thought it must be simpler than I was making it. Thank you so much for that. Much appreciated! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
