Svend Tang-Petersen wrote in message ...

Calfs tail works pretty well, but I guess people are getting to lay to stack
hairs. I use most
methods mentioned but most of the time its either polypro or t-base depending
on size and
how slim I want the body.

FWIW, I started tying parachutes with calf-tail, but found it tough
to keep the bodies thin enough. Then I picked up a little trick y'all
might all know about, but here goes: I take a bunch of polypro that's
half as thick as the post I want. I tie it on from the top, but let
the tying thread rotate it under the hook. A couple of figure-eight
wraps so it's perpendicular to the shank and then I pull the two ends
up and wrap them together to make the post.

This gives me a little bulge on the bottom right at the tie-in
point/thorax, but I don't have any extra bulk going back towards the
bend. I usually add a couple of drops of head-cement at the bottom of
the post to help make sure it can't rotate around the hook.


Chuck Vance