Absolutely Ray.....i do a LOT of unwraping throughout a tye. Many of the wraps you make tying things in should be undone when you tye the next thing in.....(for instance between mounting a tail and tying in the ribbing or butt material), they're only used to temporarily hold things. It's all about the single MOST important thing in ALLLLL of fly tying....."Thread Control." Case Closed. Which leads right to the second most important thing, materials control.....so if you can undo 3 outta the 5 wraps you used to tye in a tail, as you then tye the next thing in securely.....you've done it.
Bulk is your enemy just as is drag, when dry fly fishin'. Although there are times when you want drag, and when you want bulk.....but you have to know when those times are. There's no guess work involved.....cept for maybe in the beginning when your still figuring it out............which never ends.
But your dead right bout unwrapping.....NEVER using any more wraps than nessessary is the standard rule of thumb, just to keep things neat and it forces you to get the most out of every wrap. i "count" a lot as well. Find myself doin' it even when i don't realize i'm doin' it sometimes......
.......go figure.
