"theartoflee" wrote in message
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I have been tying up flies for steelhead as of late. It was brought to
my attention that the proper ammount of trurns for the ribbing on these
flies is 5. Does anyone know the reason the number of turns should be
5?

I will be intrested to hear what the others have to say on this matter.



Because it's prime. You do want your flies to be prime don't you?