Help With Goose Biots - Prince Nymph

[mic]

Does anyone have a tip on how to set the tail on a prince nymph so they are in line with the hook? No matter how hard I try, the far hook sits low and the near hook is high from the thread tension.  

[jtram]

soft wraps at the rear and about 30 attempts is usually the ticket for me

[fishinwrench]

You may be using too wide of a biot for the hook size.    Not all biots are created equal.  I have some that are too wide for tailing but they work ok for wingcase spurs.  

[ness]

Looser wraps until they're seated, then bear down a little harder.

[Lancer09]

I like 2 loose wraps and start adding pressure with the third. Hold them in place the whole time you are wrapping them. I tie the biots down fairly far up the shank.

When tying them in are you having the concave side face out or in to the middle of the fly?
Are you crossing them and having them splayed in a v-shape or more of the narrow, tied up against a thread bump style?

Back when I tied biots in a V I always dealt with them rotating on the shank. Tying them more in line now I get less rotation and I think they look better any way. 

[Lancer09]

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/print.cfm?parentID=17

See how he ties the biots in?  Try something like that and read his tips there on the left. 

[mic]

I'll try that Lancer... thanks.

[sean c]

Mic I mainly use the dubbing ball to splay and tie them on one at a time method unless I'm tying a copper john then the dubbing ball looks stupid behind the wire. The problem with tying them on one at a time is getting the length to match up exactly but when I pair them and tie them on at the same time I always struggle getting them on straight but the fish don't really seem to mind. Goose biots are definitely one of those materials that have a learning curve.