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| Question for all you bucktail-making... dare I say... freaks? lol! j/k.
How are you layering your colors, let's say with a black/chart skirt. Do you tie two tufts of material onto the same coil? Let's say chartreuse is the subordinate color and black is the dominant one. Tie on the chart first and then the black over it? I'm thinking of marabou and regular bucktail hair.
Now, for you flashabou guys. How are you mixing/layering colors? Same situation as above. I've been taking half a pack of black flash and chart and mixing them by hand into one tuft. This seems to work just FAIR. My question is should I be layering, as in tying on tufts of the same color onto the same shaft/coil? If I have three colors in a pattern should I be tying three tufts onto the same coil?
Thanks, fellas! I will try and attach pics of the baits I've finished ASAP. |
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Location: On your favorite spot | You pretty much have it - tie both colors on one coil with the marabou, keep in mind one color is usually dominant and you don't have to use as much of it as the other, i.e. if you're tying black and chartruese, you don't have to use nearly as much chartruese as black because it's so much brighter.
For tinsel I usually layer it - most tie tinsel it folds over on itself so put your dominant color on first and then tie your secondary color on top of it. It helps to use glue or make a little trough with your thread to secure the secondary color on the top layer because the wrapping tread likes to slide on the bottom layer.
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| I guess the trick I've found from flyting (which I used to do on a production basis) is to loop wrap your bucktail, and let it rotate around the coil. (Though I use brass tubes, the same as in tying tube flies) It takes far fewer tie ins, and far less thread wrap to get even coverage without losing the effect, and getting a much fuller tie. As far as tying in tinsel/flashabou/Krystal flash, take about 3/4" tag end from your tie in, fold it back over itself and that effectively traps the tie in, reducing rolling and the chance that you can have pull out.
One other thing that works very well to build a consistent head is to tie in your first layer, build a nice thread head, on your next layer if you want it to overlay trim the hair back to the point that it is just shorter than the first clump, and spin it around, just like you did the first, then build the head. This works very well for building successive layers such as you would see in perch or sucker patterns.
As far as mixing flashabou, it's entirely up to you to get what you are looking for. I like to layer it on some, mixed on on others. Just depends on the effect that you want to achieve.
Edited by Whoolligan 8/28/2007 5:44 PM
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