Other than a couple of fresh water nymphs during a summer when I was 11 I have never tied before... disclaimer over
We will call this a proof of ability/concept.
I bought some siwash hooks, bucktail, A nylon thread, tying scissors, and a vise. Plan is to tie jigs, flags, siwash hooks, and the occasional fly.
During that aforementioned summer, I begged
enough to get a cabelas tying kit which I never used. A buddy of mine has had it for a while and I haven't gotten it back yet. Not having the hair stacker and bobbin from that kit (or any experience) I decided to give it a whirl tonight and see what happened.First, the thread got very dirty from my fingers (lesson 1.) I was able to keep the wraps fairly tight by hanging a piece of thru wire between the oversized spool of thread and the vise. I was able to keep the hair fairly straight in my fingers after cutting it off the tail, but a stacker would have been nice just for piece of mind.
Wrapping wasn't difficult at all. The half hitches to finish it off were a pain in the butt (as you can see in the pictures) but that was mostly me being careless due to the dirty look of the wrapping (its still getting fished.) I could have used more hair, but I was afraid of what it would look like and wanted to waste as few materials as possible while not having all the tools in front of me.
I think when I go "production" with my methods I will end up coating the wrap in epoxy.