Dwhitt1981 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2009 I was looking last night and came across them, but I have no idea what the hair stacker and half hitch tools are or how to use them ? Are they tools I will use as a beginner ? They also have a jumbo handle size are they better ? Thanks for the help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 9, 2009 Half hitch tools, good to have not nescessary if you can do it by hand, which is pretty east but I still use mine sometimes. Hair stacker you may not use right away but I use mine all of the time. It depends on what type of flies yo0u will be tying, but the ability to stack hair is a basic fly tying technique. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j74snook 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2009 You will use the stacker. Aligned tips make a fly look better but I have never used a halfhitch tool cause it is easie and faster to just do it by hand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadabout 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2009 A hair stacker is used when you prepare the "wings" of bucktail flies. It is used to align the tips of the hair. You put a clump of hair in the stacker with the tip ends down and tap if a few times on your table. Then when you pull it out the ends are all aligned. A half hitch tool is one way of tieing off the fly when you finish it. Some people do it by hand. A lot of people use a whip finish - either with a whip finish tool or by hand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoachBob 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2009 Yes, you will use them both. The stacker is use as explained in earlier responses, but you won't work with hair for a while unless you jump over a few learning steps. The half-hitch tool is very convenient and I use it a lot instead of hand whipping. Options for whipping are just a matter of preference. The half-hitch tool is also great for putting in a single hitch so that your thread doesn't unwind while you are working on something else. I actually find it faster than hand whipping, but that's just me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hard 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2009 Dr. Slick are great tools if you got the bucks buy the set. If you can, go to a fly shop and test out regular cheaper tools and then the jmbo set. You might find that you dont need expensive tools Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyfisher46 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2009 I just got the Dr Slick tool set. Can't wait to use it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
