Sliding Thread....

[Swandazi]

I'm new to fly tying and i keep trying to wrap some black thread around my hook, it always ends up sliding down the hook to the very back or to the eye.. What can i do to fix this?


Wooly

[Daryle Holmstrom]

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[Old Man]

I'm new to fly tying and i keep trying to wrap some black thread around my hook, it always ends up sliding down the hook to the very back or to the eye.. What can i do to fix this?


Wooly


Next time you are in your local fly shop ask them what you are doing wrong. Or as you put your thread on your hook,give it a couple of wraps before you let go of the tag end. You need to lay down some thread on your tag end to keep it from doing that.

Jim

[chadk]

Keep the wraps tight and don't give any slack until you've tied off or glued.

It's overkill, but i do it anyway - and that is to take your superglue and run the tiniest trace down the lenght of the hook before starting (as little as possible). Start wrapping in the middle by holding the tag end and wrap forward to the hook eye keeping the tag end in place. Now wrap back to the hook bend. As you pass over the tag end a few good turns, you can clip it off and it will be locked down. With the thread now hanging off near the hook bend, you are ready to tie in some tail feathers.

I'm just learning too - fun stuff isn't it?

[Swandazi]

Keep the wraps tight and don't give any slack until you've tied off or glued.

It's overkill, but i do it anyway - and that is to take your superglue and run the tiniest trace down the lenght of the hook before starting (as little as possible). Start wrapping in the middle by holding the tag end and wrap forward to the hook eye keeping the tag end in place. Now wrap back to the hook bend. As you pass over the tag end a few good turns, you can clip it off and it will be locked down. With the thread now hanging off near the hook bend, you are ready to tie in some tail feathers.

I'm just learning too - fun stuff isn't it?

Yah, but its a little annoying sometimes when i realize i dont have any Maroon Mariboo to tye that cool looking blood worm...

Wooly

[wet line]

Thread wax, which can be found at a fabric store, is a semi hard bees wax that when applied to the hook shank will greatly reduce slippage. Parrafin may also work but I haven't tried it. A small dab of dubbing wax will work also by either applying a bit to the start of your thread or the shank.

Dave

[crobarr]

if at all possible, you should avoid using wax, especially on light colored flies. most "fly tying wax" has bee's wax in it, which will leech out and turn brown in as little as a month in hot weather. this won't matter on a dark colored fly, but will ruin the look of lighter flies. this won't matter if you don't tie an excess of flies, but just enough for the season.