south platte brassie w/ hackle front

[SLIPPERY SI]

hello, i was up at anglers & archers the other weekend and had a chance to sit in on one of chuck's (i believe his name is chuck???)fly tying classes....at the end of the wooley class, he showed a few of us how to tie up the south platte brassie w/ a hackle front....well time has pasted and i can kinda remember the few steps there were but i cant picture nor remember the carefull step of tying in the hackle front...i know the hackle is just one rotation but cant think of how to tie it in!!! any help and illustrations would be greatly appreciated!!!!

p.s. chuck if you read this......stripping the south platte brassie when generation turned off was some of the funnest fly fishing i have ever had....thank you for reccomending that fly!!!!! an absolute blast!!!!

[Danoinark]

The south platte brassies that I have seen have a peacock herl for a thorax. If that is the case, just tie in one piece of herl at the tip and turn once and then tie off and whip finish.

Now he may have been tying a soft hackle version. If so, prepare the soft hackle by sweeping back the barbs 90 degrees from the stem. I remove one side of the hackle fibers to get a more sparse look. Tie in the hackle by the tip and make one turn sweeping the hackle fibers toward the rear of the hook. Tie off, whip finish and you should be finished.

Dano