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I haven't been on this website in a while. Am glad this thread is still kicking. I am a fly tier here in IL and love tying and fishing. Personally these are 3 main types of hackle chicken's in today's times 1. non genetic and or wild chickens witch has no food with steroids or added stuff to it and feathers on the chickens are wild ranging patterns on the feathers and color is wild and not perfect. Domestic or semi genetic chickens may have some genetics or breed to have good color and feather length is short but tapered. Genetic chickens feathers are graded from numbers 3 to 1 grades. But there are differences between companies but what stays the same is even color, feather length, condition of the feathers on each part of the chicken.
Hen should be soft to the touch and may or may not be web free.
Roster- depending on the 3 categories The genetic hackle should be web free from 1/3 of a single feather's barbs
For me genetic chickens feathers are rather are long and have a thin stem but the stem doesn't tapper much but the webbing mite.
Dry flies sit on the surface until then either sink or a fish grabs and eat's it.
Wet flies( non -palmered ) these wet flies may or may not have a tail, and have a clear visible body, but sometimes the Hen hackle is tied before the wing or wings depending on the style.
Irish wet flies, can be very complex to tie. For the most part have a salmon fly look to them and have a hackle palmered though the body of the fly. ( much like my profile picture witch is a fully dressed salmon fly)
fly tying has some rules but it is more a preference of style, and the way you tie one fly can be different and change as you catch fish on any thing you plan to inmate. There should be a balance between the way the fly works and fishes and braking a patterns respire or dressing.
I hope this help everybody a little and hope you all have a great day
Hen should be soft to the touch and may or may not be web free.
Roster- depending on the 3 categories The genetic hackle should be web free from 1/3 of a single feather's barbs
For me genetic chickens feathers are rather are long and have a thin stem but the stem doesn't tapper much but the webbing mite.
Dry flies sit on the surface until then either sink or a fish grabs and eat's it.
Wet flies( non -palmered ) these wet flies may or may not have a tail, and have a clear visible body, but sometimes the Hen hackle is tied before the wing or wings depending on the style.
Irish wet flies, can be very complex to tie. For the most part have a salmon fly look to them and have a hackle palmered though the body of the fly. ( much like my profile picture witch is a fully dressed salmon fly)
fly tying has some rules but it is more a preference of style, and the way you tie one fly can be different and change as you catch fish on any thing you plan to inmate. There should be a balance between the way the fly works and fishes and braking a patterns respire or dressing.
I hope this help everybody a little and hope you all have a great day
