Tying knots in Daddy long legs with Barry Ord Clarke

This is an old but still good and quick method for tying the knots in pheasant tail fibres for crane fly and hopper legs. Its like riding a bike once learnt never forgotten! Visit my site thefeatherbend...
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[@jamesstephen7640]

OMG where have you been all my life this is just brilliant the amount of hrs I have spent doing this you just blew me away with this just sent away for some needles after watching thanks a lot for this

[@Thefeatherbender]

Pleased that it helped James!

[@Thefeatherbender]

You may also like this one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIq6hHZ7fMqjf9U

[@alanhudson1715]

Thanks for the tip - I spent ages yesterday fiddling with my fingers.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Happy to help Alan.

[@richardduvall6512]

Neat way to tie legs thanks for the tip

[@Thefeatherbender]

Happy to help Richard.

[@justinsure1635]

Thank you! Just got back into tying hoppers, and this has helped me frustration of hand tying them 🪶🙌

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Justin.

[@philipjones6083]

Great advice Barry sir

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Philip.

[@philipjones6083]

@@Thefeatherbender your very welcome sir 👍😊😊

[@paulmauricio3600]

Thank you Barry. Looks like I’m on my way to the fabric store to purchase a latching needle

[@stuartprice3905]

Brilliant,so easy, great video 👍

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad you liked it!

[@coreyjohnson2418]

Gotta get that tool-thanks for the video

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Corey, get it from a sewing supply shop, and ask for a knitting machine needle!

[@davehall2160]

Thank you very much, you make it look easy Thanks for the video

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Dave, hope it helps.

[@navydonald]

Barry, that is great. I have done it purely by hand and more recently with a crochet hook, but that method looks much easier to control accurately. I wonder who did the 9 dislikes? Some folk are very odd! Thlanks for posting this.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks Donald.

[@blacksmith779]

Brilliant and simple.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Smithy!

[@kentw.897]

Pretty Cool.😊I was wondering how it was done. Thanks for sharing. Aloha!🌴🎣🐟

[@stryker2764]

This is genius! Thanks for the great tip! :)

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Stryker!

[@pauldonnelly5824]

Great video save a small fortune by doing your own knots.Buying a pre knotted pheasant over 5 quid.

[@cicerobatistagomes2615]

Very nice . thank. 👍👏👏👏👏

[@Thefeatherbender]

Gracias Cicero!

[@nordmende73]

Wow..... thanks a lot!

[@Thefeatherbender]

You're welcome!

[@kerrypitt9789]

Here in North America they are sold in Dollar stores as a latch needle found in the craft section. Also marketed as the Rainey's leg tool.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Kerry, thats good information for the viewers.

[@kerrypitt9789]

@@Thefeatherbender glad you didn't mind. 😃

[@imeach2897]

Ahhhh, now i get it I appear to have been pulling off wrongly!! I couldnt figure it out, the knot wasnt forming as i was pulling towards me Then i noticed you were pulling off to the right and that cracked it Thank you

[@Thefeatherbender]

Good to know... Good luck with it.

[@xfire301]

I have the expensive "fly tying" version with a fancy knurled handle. Your two handed method using the vice look way faster. I guess I'm cutting off the handle. Thanks.

[@mikesueirro4968]

The formal name of the needle is 'latch needle.' Any fabric store can have them.

[@RalphBellairs]

Barry, they're also sold as carp anglers' gated baiting needles.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Brilliant, I love it!

[@mikewalters4994]

Great Tip, I've got to get me one of those tools. I seen a video where a guy was make legs like that using tweezers. But he did not give good instructions and examples and I could not figure out how he done it. You give a great example in this vedio. On the vedio the other guy had, he was make the legs with the fibers still on the main stim in of the feather. Which was pretty kool, because all the legs where still attached to the main Stim of the feather. If you needed any legs you could just trim what legs you needed off the stim. It would make the legs easy to store and keep up with. Do you know how to make legs like that. It would be great if you could make us video on that way of making legs. Thanks for sharing this tip with us.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Mike , no problem pleased that you found it useful.

[@leonardwells9613]

EXCELLENT HEADS UP....EXCELLENT !!!! L 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Leonard.

[@cachi-7878]

Hard to find them on Amazon. Most of the ones sold there have a handle so not suited for vice application.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Cachi, try this technique: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIq6hHZ7fMqjf9U

[@ArkRed1]

How do you keep the fibers together to make a loop? If I use two or three fibers to make a loop they separate. I've tried waxing the fibers, but that doesn't work. Wetting them doesn't work either. A good idea if could just keep the fibers from separating when I make a loop.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Red, I understand, but I'v never had that problem. Try cutting the fibres while in place on the step, don't pull them 90 degrees from the stem to cut them, this should keep the barbs together. Hope it helps.

[@kennethsanders963]

I tried your method and it sucks full stop... I went back to the manufactures method . At lease it works. I would like to see you make 2 knots on the same leg using your method sir.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Kenneth, that's a shame then you are doing it wrong I'm afraid!

[@jelp69]

Hola Como se fabrica esa herramienta? Gracias

[@Thefeatherbender]

es una aguja de tejer!