On 28 Nov, 22:05, rb608 wrote:

I don't know about kids
at scouting age; but as an adult newbie, I thought it was an easy
first fly.

Joe F.

This is often cited as a good beginner fly, but in my experience it
most definitely is not.

There are a lot more than three techniques involved.

Start the thread, wind the thread evenly to the tie-in point, tie the
ribbing in properly, tie the tail in, pinch and loop, strip the
chenille to the core, tie it in, wind it on, changing hands,
( assuming non-rotary), using hackle pliers, tying hackle in,
palmering hackle, ribbing hackle, whip finishing.

This also ignores the material preparation, selecting hackle,
stripping fluff from base, and the various reasons for doing some
things in a certain way.

TL
MC