Fly Tying Skill Builder #6 | How to Tie a HACKLE STACKER, Bobbin Threaders and 3D Eyes!

In this video we HAD to show you a cool new bobbin threader, we’ll show you a hack with 3D eyes, and we finally broke down the HACKLE STACKER!
These SKILL BUILDER videos will help you along your Fly Tying Journey! We choose three tips per week and post them on Fridays!
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This video will show the following:
Chapter 1 - EASY Stonfo bobbin threader (Difficulty 1/5)
Chapter 2 - How to make your own 3D eyes (Difficulty 2/5)
Chapter 3 - How to tie a HACKLE STACKER (Difficulty 4/5)
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00:00 Introduction
00:28 EASY Stonfo Bobbin Threader (Difficulty 1/5)
00:54 How to make your own 3D eyes (Difficulty 2/5)
02:49 How to tie a HACKLE STACKER (Difficulty 4/5)

[@michaelammerman2732]

Thank you for the "hackle stacker" tutorial! Best one I've ever seen! Filming from directly above the fly, and using the red colored material for the post, really made it easy to follow and understand your technique!

[@bighornbasin]

Really love the Skill Builders series. Been tying for 5 decades and I'm learning a ton about techniques I've not used before....or even heard of in some cases. Fly Fish Food is in a league of its own! Thanks Guys!

[@FlyFishFood]

Thanks!

[@jamesdowd7980]

Creech, Brilliant, man! You rock.

[@Utahlonghorn]

Excellent instructional video

[@brentbeachem9160]

Love skill builder videos. Super helpful and changed video angels help.

[@matthewmurphy1181]

Awesome series. Thanks!

[@TheSkyIsCrying]

Thanks! Great helps for a newbie

[@lesleyallen3410]

I love these! Thank you!

[@joeborgione5477]

I love these skill builder vids and especially this one (so far). I’ve been trying to tie a mother shucker for the past three days and figured maybe I should just buy some. I may do just that so I don’t miss the midge season, but this gives me a much needed boost of encouragement!

[@donaldwrose164]

Love SB series. Great idea and very helpful tips. Tying for 10 years and didn’t know what a hackle stack was - gonna use it! Thanks Cheech

[@dominiqueleblanc2193]

The hackle stacker technique is great. I always struggle with that.

[@FlyFishFood]

It’s a fun one to play with.

[@Mark-nd8eb]

Helpful and like Orvis’s Flagler ones the shortness is appropriate and appreciated.

[@thomasfischer1601]

All good tips, but the hackle stacker tip was AWESOME. Wow does that make it so much easier.

[@GeorgeSemel]

That is pretty slick to to use that span flex for hackle stackers.

[@FlyFishFood]

YOU OWE ME A SAMMICH!!! 😂😂

[@69adrummer]

Fresh cup of coffee....new video from FFF...and -6 degrees...mmm...

[@GABABQ2756]

Great tips! I need to find patterns for stacked hackle. That was a cool tip.

[@michaelzsizseri8015]

Really enjoy your skill Builder's videos

[@justinmcquaide4862]

Brilliant idea with the resin and stick on eyes I’ve never seen this before ? Also cheech always makes everything look so easy lol

[@FlyFishFood]

Cheers

[@rjf1877]

Great series ! Keep up the good work Guys.

[@bobdonaldson445]

Love this series guys!

[@hughswanke6501]

Love this stuff. My old eyes would appreciate a white background though.

[@FlyFishFood]

Good point!

[@glennplatvoet7111]

Very nice

[@flypatch2245]

Solid Work!

[@jerrymoore4548]

I Really enjoy your skill builder videos, you seem to be a really cool guy and someone I would truly enjoy spending time fishing on the river with.

[@FlyFishFood]

I’m annoying because I’ll smash your chips and eat your food. I won’t drink your beer though.

[@grimtidings7325]

These are great keep ‘em coming!!!!

[@davidmerriott7356]

Thanks!!!

[@michaelhornung7266]

Good stuff

[@petegramp8846]

I love these skillbuilder videos! Request for a future skillbuilder, please: how to tie feather slip wings (both on a dry like a no hackle and a traditional wet fly like from Bergman’s book “trout”). I can never get the feather slips to cooperate, and I’ve been tying for 25 or more years. I don’t need married wings for Atlantic salmon flies, just the smaller slip wings for trout flies please.

[@FlyFishFood]

Those are so hard. I’ll get practicing!

[@ken92008badtown]

Love the Skill Builders. Hackle stacker is a cool tip. Suggestion: How to keep hackle from twisting when winding up the hook shank

[@FlyFishFood]

That one is brand specific. Also sometimes a saddle will wrap without twisting better than a cape will.

[@mikegerard8712]

All useful skills. I look forward to each one of these. Have done any skill builders with wiggle dub? I struggle getting a consistent dubbing loop with it. Thank you!

[@Sam.Nelley]

This whole series so far is epic, awesome guys, and of course please come to New Zealand sometime and fish :)

[@ajheath5123]

Love this!

[@FlyFishFood]

Thanks. They have been fun.

[@robertjaite381]

I bought the stonfo bobbin threader last month. It's so much faster to rethread bobbins.

[@robertperman8967]

Good tutorial, thanks. Tight lines🐜🪲🦟!!!!

[@martinallison8719]

Thanks Cheech, great stuff! Keep on keepin' on!

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

Would ya do one on parachute posts? how to make em last, how to make em look good and function well and not make one want to pull their hair out wrapping them up. Thank you!

[@FlyFishFood]

Check out Fly Tying Skill Builder #4!

[@brian1204]

Nice series. Its been a while since I did much tying but I’m sure to be restarting this year (retirement…yay!). Btw, you meant convex (outward flex) not concave (inward flex).

[@xoshooter]

Thanks Cheech....do you have any links to flies tied using the hackle stacker technique?

[@ilovemyaveo]

I’m really enjoying the hackle stacker technique with the spandex materials. Devin Olsens front end loader tutorial skips the second tie down for the hackle. Do you think it matters much?

[@FlyFishFood]

Yeah. Makes it a lot more durable IMO

[@burtonbrocious171]

😊😊

[@stuartdooley2624]

What are example flies for the hackle stackers??

[@FlyFishFood]

Look up our fly called the mother shucker. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@josephgerace7223]

We've seen Curtis, but Brigham is a mystery. How about introducing him in one of these videos.

[@FlyFishFood]

HECK… NO. Ok. Maybe.

[@fairtexmma]

Tell me that vise is coming back???

[@FlyFishFood]

I use about 4 different vises right now 😬😬😬

[@karelprins402]

Paraloop

[@joeg5414]

with the price of cree, that's a $5 hackle he stole😆

[@FlyFishFood]

That’s why I stole his instead of using mine!

[@scottnock5241]

Cheech, love the vids.. But this one was way too dark!!! You need to get in tighter bro.. And slow it up like-3 Red Bulls.. just saying..