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Hollywood

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About Hollywood

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    Bait Fisherman
  • Birthday 12/27/1955

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    London, Ontario
  1. The same thing was happening to me. Don't reef on the thread when you start out. Do a half dozen or so wraps with just enough tension to hold the hair in place. Then start tensioning the thread more as you go. This way, the thread that is already laid down takes the tension and not the hair. This has stopped mine from flaring. Also, if you pinch the hair and do a 'loop through' between your thumb and forefinger three or four times before you let go of the hair (again, don't tension the thread any more than necessary), it won't spin around the hook shank. I keep my fingers on the hair until I'm done the wrap but that's just me. HTH
  2. Hi, I'm a newbie and I did a little search for the most popular books from this topic. All of them look great but I think I'll give a pass on the Randall Kaufmann books. Amazon.ca shows most of them (used and new) staring at $107.00. Yep, that decimal is in the right place. They go up to over $200.00 per book. :hyst: Wow, two books or a pair of Simms G3 waders, what should I choose? I think I'll stick with this forum and some of the great stuff here for now.
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