Very nice hackle.

[daringduffer]

http://www.theweeklyfly.com/index.php/T ... ly/?blog=1

dd

[DOUGSDEN]

Dearest Darringduffer,
I pulled up the web-site "The Weekly Fly.com" and started to watch the video on tying Willy's Sharptail Rabbit. It only made it thru about a third of the way and then locked up and wanted to start the whole thing all over again. I tried several times but to no avail or avale or....
The video was interesting up to that point and I really liked it but .....I think it's my computer to be perfectly honest. I will try again soon. I want to thank you for turning us on to a really cool web-site.
Dougsden

[willowhead]

Video played perfectly for me.....thankx. Very cool site. Thankx again.

Naturally if i were to tye the Sharptail (and i use Sharptail a lot), in at the front of the abdomen (for palmering thru the thorax), i would tye it in by the tip, so as to get the shorter fibers flared first, and be able to make use of the longer fibers for a collar. But the way he did it is just fine.....not to mention 125 half hitches will certantly sink that fly.

[CreationBear]

Thanks for the link...I'd like to see more folks post flies tied with "American" gamebird hackles like sharptail (or ruffed) grouse, hen pheasant, and the like--it would be nice to know how they compare to the standards from old Blighty.

[daringduffer]

Dearest Darringduffer,
I pulled up the web-site "The Weekly Fly.com" and started to watch the video on tying Willy's Sharptail Rabbit. It only made it thru about a third of the way and then locked up and wanted to start the whole thing all over again. I tried several times but to no avail or avale or....
The video was interesting up to that point and I really liked it but .....I think it's my computer to be perfectly honest. I will try again soon. I want to thank you for turning us on to a really cool web-site.
Dougsden

Dougsden,

I want to thank you for always being such a generous and supportive person. I bet you deserve the cakes that your wife bakes for you!

dd

[narcodog]

Do we have a love fest starting here? Isn't that special.

[daringduffer]

Do we have a love fest starting here? Isn't that special.

I know naathing about love but there is a shortage of true kindness wherever I look. Mostly people act as if being kind. There is a short step between being kind and being naive. Maybe we don't have the courage to risk being thought of as naive. Dougsden certainly has that courage.

dd

[daringduffer]

Thanks for the link...I'd like to see more folks post flies tied with "American" gamebird hackles like sharptail (or ruffed) grouse, hen pheasant, and the like--it would be nice to know how they compare to the standards from old Blighty.

To me this bird is rare. To me he uses too much of it. I bet his catch rate is 100 to 1 compared to me.

I like the opportunity to see so many tiers in action. "Wayne Luallen" seems to be a different way to say "thread control"...

dd

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[willowhead]

Whenever i hear those two words (thread control), put together.....the first person i think of, is Wayne Luallen. The cat knows as much or more about it than any other tyer i have ever met. He's a cold blooded MASTER tyer, and one of the nicest people i have ever ran across in the entire world of fly fishing and tying. He done forgot more than i'll ever know. A PURE gentelman. VERY kind and generous.....i sure miss seeing him at Conclave the last few years. He use to always be there when i first started goin'. He and Mike Radencich, and Marvin Nolte.....those cats don't come anymore.....it's a real bummer................
"WHATCHA gonna do?"

[narcodog]

Here is a question about thread. After watching the video I was wondering how many of you half hitch everytime you add in a piece of material. I don't because I think it adds unnecessary bulk. I also wax all of my thread so I very rarely have my thread loosen on the shank.