Quote Originally Posted by lowe175 View Post
Thanks skip . That's what I was wanting to see. I do it the same way I'm just not as good as you guess I need more time on the vice lol. Wow that's fast.
LOL, Thanks! I cut all the feathers I need before I start tying. I keep the tips separate and only want enough to do what I need and the little V's build up over time and I have a lot of them ready. I keep some amount of hackle in a zip lock for each color and I keep new strung hackle in there as well as the V's and scraps or what's left after cutting the feather up. I lee the butt end of the feather because if I ever want to I can make a tail out of that too, but mostly I just keep them stored in zip locks and when it's full I just get a new zip lock and put the full bag of scraps in a cabinet for use later if needed. I only throw away what is really garbage as most can be used in some way later.

Once you tie 100 to 120 jigs a day for a few months your tying hackle will get better and after years it will still improve.