Hi Norm,
Thanks for the kind words, greatly appreciated & I "plan" to post a new video each week.
Hope these answers help as well:
1) I often tie flies with multiple ribs (mostly dee flies) which require they be tied in separately, sometimes I use up to 5 strands for the ribbing, like a lot of bad habits after tying a pile of Dee Flies it just stuck.
2) For the Hackle, I use is mainly Hen Neck as I prefer the more webby feathers.
Cheers!