Summary: Learn how to make the body of a crackle back trout fly - free video clip.
Ed Story founded Feather Craft Fly Fishing in 1955. He is a life long fly tyer and fly fisher. He has created many original flies that are still used today. He can be found at the...read more
"Hi I'm Ed Story on behalf of expertvillage.com my website is www.feather-craft.com fly fishing. Now we are going to move this thread the tying thread forward, up the hook shank just behind the hook guard and we are going to secure it there with a wood finisher but only use two wraps. I'm using a true rotatory device I'm going to move the rotatory position over to the point where I could lay the bobbin in the bobbin cradle. I'm going to pick up my hackle plier and grab the body material which was a five sections from the turkey round and using the actuator arm and the rotator device I'm going to move this other fibers forward building the fly body. When I reach the end of the hook shank behind the hook eye I'm going to tie them in with a simple thread wrap."
eHow Article: How to Make a Crackle Back Trout Fly Body for Fly Fishing