I just bought one....bought the wrong size....

It appears the hair really needs a lot of room to settle down properly.

john


"riverman" wrote in message
...
In my beginner days, every single fly tying instruction book I read (that
means both of them) had the same 'inside hint' that a hair stacker was not
really necessary. One suggested an empty lipstick case, another said you
could align the hairs by hand just as easily, with a bit of practice.

But now that I'm getting a bit better at tying, I find aligning the hairs
a
RPITA! I tried a lipstick case, but when I dumped the hairs out, they all
fell into disarray again. I think a hair stacker really is a good idea,
but
I don't know for sure because I've never really used one.

This is really a weak topic for a thread, because if I just go out and buy
one and then toss it later, it will represent a much smaller waste of
money
than most of the things I have in my tying kit. But just the same, whats
the
scoop....do most of you advanced tyers use a stacker, or do you do it by
hand?

--riverman