Feathers on Tail Hooks

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by spence

Yup, that's exactly how I do it...

-spence

I heard you use corn husks instead of feathers, though...

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bass babe,
I wrap the feathers on the hook with flat waxed nylon thread then lock the wrap with a simple lock then I use( sally hanson hard as nails
clear nail polish) to finish off
link sr

[pmueller]

Frank,
You need to spend time at a tying vice.
Bring one to the next meeting or we can do some in my basement.

[gldnbear93]

"What's the best way to tie them on? Glue first, wrap, more glue? No glue?"


One thing i have noticed about feathers is that the stems twist and turn around the shank of the hook fairly easily (can be frsustrating). One solution is pull some of that fuzzy stuff near the baseof the feather and dubb it a bit around your thread and hook shank. This creates a little pad that helps to prevent that twisting.

If you want to tie flatwing style, but reduce some of the feathers' propensity to wrap around the hook and to keep the feather "up," try tying a bit of bucktail on the hook before tying in the feather. This acts as a little support for the feather.