Just placed an order online for Daiichi 1530 heavy wet hooks. Size 12 and 14... What do you all like/recommend for spiders?

DUBBN wrote:Great job Taylor. I am curious. Did you snip the hackle, or snap it? The future of the world depends on your answer.

snip

So after tying what seems like 30-40 soft-hackles, it "clicked"... Here is one of the first that I was quite proud of. Partridge and Orange tied with Gossamer silk and floss on a size 14. Thanks for the encouragement!

Just tied a couple dozen north country-style soft hackles and I was starting to get the hang of it, I think... :) I know that the flies don't have to look "textbook" perfect but I'd still like to tie one where I didn't have at least one hackle fiber ahead of the eye! I guess I care more ab...

It's not so much that the stem breaks off but rather after I have ties two turns of hackle, I don't know how to exactly break the stem off without dragging or disrupting the hackle that was already in place. I have tried to cut is but I have seen some youtube videos where the tier just simply pulls ...

Sorry if this is comes across as a really basic question but I'm having a difficult time breaking off the stem with residual partridge hackle after wrapping it around the front of the hook a couple of times... Any suggestions?