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Title: December Tutorial now on Partridge Website
Post by: Allan Liddle on 03/12/2015 at 14:15

Very simple but effective, hope you guys like it.

http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/blog/december-tutorial-fake-quill-spider-allan-liddle

Title: Re: December Tutorial now on Partridge Website
Post by: Allan Liddle on 10/12/2015 at 08:27

Couple of questions from another site on the tying:
The wee bump of dubbing at the thorax an idea I had to help the hackles stay out a bit to help profile and movement, seems to work well although watch you don't overdo the dubbing, also I like to place a turn of bare thread over the top to secure the dubbing and help keep it compressed.  Picking some fibres out also gives a nice wee touch.

Keep rib turns tight so lighter bands are narrow same as on a real quill, certainly not as good as the real thing, but a simpler, easier and more robust way of getting a similar effect.  Works very well on buzzers and emerging dries as well.