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Attach the tail by 1 or 2 turns of tying thread not more. |
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20 :Now check if your feather is well positioned in the plane of the
hook. If not, redo to obtain the best possible result. |
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21 : Apply a small drop of super glue where the feather is tied in. This
prevents your feather from moving off its axis while you continuing to tie.
I had several flies where the feather of the tail rocked to the side ruining many hours of work.. |
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Cut the waste end of the feather. |
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23 :Choose 2 small symmetrical feathers of jungle cock.
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Place the two feathers back to back. |
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Remove all useless fibres. |
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26 :Attach the two feathers. In 90% of the cases the feathers are not well aligned. To succeed the first time would often be a miracle unless you spent the hours necessary to select feathers of very fine rachis. I will show you my easy way to position them definitively the first time |
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27 : Take a flat pair of tweezers |
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28 : Heat the tips of the tweezers with a lighter. This exercise
requires a little practice. If you heat them too much, you will cut the
feathers. If you do not heat them enough, it will have no affect on the
feathers. Use prudence.
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29 : As soon as your tweezers are at the proper temperature, position
the feathers with your left hand and squeeze the base of the feathers with
the heated tweezers. |
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Your two jungle cock feathers are now well aligned.
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31 : We will now tie the butt which will be formed with ostrich herl
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32 :Take a feather of black ostrich. Choose feathers with herls having short fibres |
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Take a herl then trim the end.
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Attach the herl.
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