Fully Palmered?

[mjc]

Anyone know what fully palmered means?

i.e a fully palmered black gnat?

[steve collyer]

I can only assume it means that the hackle is palmered all the way from behind the head to the start of the bend as in the Invicta for instance.

[boony]

Basically as Norm norlander says "Its a spiral of hackle from one end of the hook to the other" It is ribed to hold it in place and to protect from fishes teeth.

John

[oakham orange]

Alternatively it could mean that an entire feather has been used to palmer, rather that the feather being stripped on one side and then palmered.

[dun09]

Originally Posted by mjc

Anyone know what fully palmered means?

i.e a fully palmered black gnat?

your probably wanting (griffiths gnat) wich has a dry hackle palmered,wrapped round the full shank of the hook usually peacock hearl under body. you can use thread or lightly dub it, these are tied from 12 down to 22,s mainly imitating midge,gnat hatches. good roaming fly!


tight lines



JAY

[mjc]

Originally Posted by dun09

your probably wanting (griffiths gnat) wich has a dry hackle palmered,wrapped round the full shank of the hook usually peacock hearl under body. you can use thread or lightly dub it, these are tied from 12 down to 22,s mainly imitating midge,gnat hatches. good roaming fly!

Jay,

Griffiths gnat, or a variation of looks like the one.

Googling fully palmered black gnat didn't come up with anything, and googling black gnatt didn't look like the fly I'd seen .

Cheers gents.

[dun09]

Originally Posted by mjc

Jay,

Griffiths gnat, or a variation of looks like the one.

Googling fully palmered black gnat didn't come up with anything, and googling black gnatt didn't look like the fly I'd seen .

Cheers gents.

on youtube type in griffiths gnat, 20 or so videos should come up

[Former member]

Could also refer to the hackle being wound in touching turns like a loch ordie or floo brush etc.
Gerry

[Ron Clay]

Originally Posted by Ruthvenflyfisher

Could also refer to the hackle being wound in touching turns like a loch ordie or floo brush etc.
Gerry

I think you are right.

Palmering is named after the "palmer", a hairy caterpillar. Winding a stiff cock hackle in touching turns will produce this "fluebrush" effect.

The hackle on an Invicta is not wound in touching turns, but in an open spiral of about 4 or 5 turns.

I wish I had a pound for every Invicta I've tied in my life.