"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote

Seconded. A hair stacker, (I use the large one 'cause its easier to stuff
the **** in there)

hehe, I mainly use the small one because it's easier to get the **** OUT
still stacked nicely G ... most of the hair I use is for small Sparkle
duns ( down to 22s, but mostly 16-20 ) To tie that pattern well the hair
must have very, very short tips ( the solid 'black' part at the very end )
and be hollow right out to those tips, AND, each hair must be small in
diameter ( it is possible to find a rare piece that has short tips and
relatively fat individual hairs, but it won't be AS easy to tie with, too
"flairy" )...... such hair is almost always, also, short and tends to tip
sideways in a bigger tube

I only mention this to point out one thing I'm constantly relearning about
tying .... the more carefully one selects materials, the better the fly and
the experience of producing it. Another thing? The exactly right tool
makes things better too ... gear whores rejoice ....and for very small
amounts of short hair a small stacker works better, for bigger amounts of
long hair, a bigger one rules ... what can be nicer than an excuse to buy
two G?