How to Make Natural and Rubber Knotted Hopper Legs Tutorial

So here is a video showing how to make some hopper legs using natural pheasant tail fibers and also a grizzly rubber leg. I prefer the double knots to make it more realistic looking, however whether whether you do one knot or two, I havent decided which is more effective.
Not many tools are needed besides some tweezers and the low tack wax. I found the wax helps to keep the tips together and easier to make the first knot for the feet. It also serves a dual purpose of protecting the fibers against retaining water. But simply pinching the fiber tips with your tweezers and twisting them into a circle and pinching with you opposing hand creates a perfect loop to pull the tips through with the tweezers. After making about 10 or so, you will be a pro and have the technique down.
The rubber legs are much easier to make the double knots in, but they will not stay. A little bit of super glue will do the trick. Careful on the brand you use, as some will cause the rubber to become brittle.
Tools needed:
Tweezers
Scissors
Super glue
Low tack Wax #JSflyfishing
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[@anablakp3200]

Good job, thanks for sharing! To tie up a bunch of legs, I leave the fibers on the stem, clamp the stem on the vice and tie on the vice. I can then easily select "book-matched" leg pairs for size & L-R orientation.

[@Svenddiesel]

For sure. Leaving them on the stem makes is nice to keep track of them too

[@TheSpeyfisher]

Very nice! Like the idea with low tack wax. Thanks

[@Svenddiesel]

Glad you like it!

[@esabenski]

Thanks for the tip.Simple video and very usefull

[@Svenddiesel]

Thanks for watching

[@Morgs914]

I have a hard time with the dexterity for this so I applaud your skill! I’ll work on it a bit but thinking & am wondering if soaking them would help with flexibility like biots. I’m just gonna have to stick with the Letort Hopper!

[@Svenddiesel]

Soaking them could help. Never tried it. You can also purchase these pre tied from a few companies like Semperfli out of the uk. Definitely saves the frustration level and can focus on simply tying them on

[@coreyjohnson2418]

like this video-thanks

[@Svenddiesel]

Thanks for liking

[@willyboyw.5771]

What type of tweezers are those?

[@Svenddiesel]

Dr slick. I see on google they are called the bishop tweezers