Dressed vs. bare tail hook

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by rphud

Soooo, as long as we are on the topic...how do you tie up your tails/flags/siwash??

To do flags I use a leftover piece of thru wire. Make a bunch of marks in it with dikes to hold the thread and bend a loop. Leave the other end long to hold it in the vise like a fly and then after it's dry trim it. Sort of looks like this
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Except the dot is long
Close the flag loop around the tail loop