Thursday evening in our FATC Fly Tying via ZOOM we tied soft hackle flies. During our tying a question came up about over size hackle. There are a couple of techniques used to tie small flies with large feathers or hackle. I did a quick search on You Tube and found 3 methods.
I found two sites: 1. Tim Flagger tightlinevideos 2. RotaryFlyTying.com 3. a dubbing loop
I could not find the address or url for these sites. If interested, do a You Tube search, “tying soft hackles with over size hackle.”
The dubbing loop technique is the method Charlie Craven used to tie his pattern the Problem Child which is featured in the April/May issue of Fly Fisherman magazine. The video of this pattern can also be found on You Tube. The interesting aspect of making soft hackles with a dubbing loop is the use of different colored hackle material at the same time.
