I never cared for those Spey hackles Scott. For the very reason you
mentioned.

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"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
. 1.4...
I picked up a whiting spey fly neck, bronze, and I'm having trouble using
it. All of my spey hackles wind up looking thin and wispy. I haven't had
any trouble with other sorts of heron substitutes, but these hackles
aren't
coming out right.

I haven't figured out how to use more than one hackle without binding down
the first, and if I put too many wraps on, I obscure the body, anyway.

Any advice?

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Scott