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Rkey530
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I was just reading a post where somwone mentioned that you need to be carefull to avoid spinning the deer or elk hair when tying the wing on a caddis. I figured that i'd share a tip that another tier showed me a few years back that eliminates this problem: Hold the clump of hair above the hook shank about 1/8" bring the thread up and put a wrap of thread around only the clump of hair, then with the next wrap secure the clump of hair to the shank and flare it with 4 or 5 tight wraps. This insures the hair stays together rather than spinning on the shank and keeps all the hairs together while your fly is in a fish's mouth and being removed from it.