I tie a lot of what we call "North Country spider pattern" in the UK.
The basic rule is to tie all "Game" feathers in by the tips, after
separating the feather barbules to a point where the correct hackle
length exists at the tie in point.i.e.. at the separation point
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I picked up a Hungarian partridge patch a few days ago to tie some
soft
hackle flies. I'm having issues with getting the feather to, well,
do
anything, I guess.

I tie it in, flare the barbules, remove them from one side, and
then
wrap.
I
end up with crap.

Am I using the wrong stuff? Is it purely operator error?

Any suggestions would be great.

It would help to know what result your looking for and what you are
getting.

Wolfgang


Yep, s'pose that would be helpful info. Kinda hard to diagnose
problems
without symptoms.

Anyway, I was tying up a buncha hare's ear nymphs and thought to add a
soft
hackle to a few. I'm tying it in by the barb (after stripping one side
and
flaring), and then wrapping. I'm getting a result that looks like I
tried to
remove each barbule and tie it in individually. A lumpy, horrible
hackle.
Does not lay on the shank, has "ridges" in it, and generally looks
like
crap.

Am I using the wrong part of the feather? I wondered this and clipped
about
half a feather and tied in as above. Results were better in terms of
the way
the hackle laid on the hook, but now the barbules are far too short.

Thanks for the help.....
Dan