Step 9
Clamp your hackle pliers onto the cock hackle and wrap around the foam post 2 or 3 times (less is more here, remeber the thin water and whispy fish?). Just as you are about to tie the hackle off at the eye it should snap. Stay calm and take a breath. If you are lucky there will still be enough hackle left to wrap again and you are A for away. If not, get up and go pour yourself a drink.
Step 10
With the cock hackle in place, perform the same dance with the CDC plume to form the halo hackle. 1 to 2 turns is plenty here and remember the CDC has a stiffer feather shaft so can take a little more tugging (but beware of doing a strangle job on your foam post. If you tweak that little guy right off no drink is gonna save you)
Step 11
Trim the foam post to form a little rounded button above your hackle and voila!
The KlinkAnt. Now go and play!
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