Rubber legs, the most irritating material

Tips for tying in rubber legs without all the fighting as they flop around
and get in the way while the rest of the fly is finished ... I'm going to
set down to tie some RL nymps soon and dread the project

Not sure if this will work for legs, but have you tried using a drinking
stray, it works great for keeping hackles etc out of the way.

Bass
"Larry L" wrote in message
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Tips for tying in rubber legs without all the fighting as they flop
around and get in the way while the rest of the fly is finished ... I'm
going to set down to tie some RL nymps soon and dread the project

This technic is not perfect but it works better than letting the legs
flop around in the way. Leave the legs long when tying them in and
use a clip to gather the free ends together and hold them out of the
way. I've used a hackle pliers to hold the legs and a bobbin rest to
hold the hackle pliers. I guess you could also use a parachute tool
as well.
Mel

On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:35:46 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

Tips for tying in rubber legs without all the fighting as they flop around
and get in the way while the rest of the fly is finished ... I'm going to
set down to tie some RL nymps soon and dread the project