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Title: Making hopper legs
Post by: Wildfisher on January 04, 2022, 02:29:38 PM
This is interesting. I just buy them pre-knotted, but this tool would let you use all different feather types

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3Y_pf21J4
Title: Re: Making hopper legs
Post by: Bobfly on January 04, 2022, 04:49:13 PM
Years ago I made a cunning small pointed wire hook from a long but quite soft dressmaking pin. It is set into a short  thin wooden dowel handle. Lets me tie knots quite readily.  Not dissimilar in technique.
Title: Re: Making hopper legs
Post by: Highlander on January 05, 2022, 01:59:28 PM
I to have a wee hook from a piece of wire set in a wooden dowel similar to Vaughans description. Before that I used a pair of tweezers. Works with rubber legs as well
Make a circle with the fibre & pull the fine end through & tighten.
Tight Lines
Title: Re: Making hopper legs
Post by: Norscot on January 06, 2022, 09:39:43 AM
Davie McPhail has a video on tying legs with a Crochet hook here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHUM8FBQPdk

Barry Ord Clarke uses a knitting machine needle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDZ6xZ6ogoQ
Title: Re: Making hopper legs
Post by: Wildfisher on January 06, 2022, 10:25:10 AM
Those look even easier
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