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Hackle pliers
Simple tool, simple function
Using your hands can be difficult
Hackling long feathers by hand
The hackle pliers can hold material in place
Pull too hard and the feather breaks
Many shapes
Tiemco open
Wire test clip open
Rotary open
TyFlyz open
Griffin teardrop open
Stonfo open
Tiemco open
Jay Smit open
Rotary hackle pliers in use
Spring hackle pliers in use
Midge hackle pliers
TuyFlyz hackle pliers in use
One finger
Tiemco rubber ring
Jay Smit's lovely pliers in use
The TMC simple model in use
The cable clip in use
The Stonfo hook model in use
C&F Design
Dorin wire hackle pliers
Dorin's models
Dr. Slick plain hackle pliers
Dr. Slick brass hackle pliers
Dr. Slick rotary, short model
Dr. Slick rotary, long model
Griffin teardrop
Griffin's models
Jay Smit
MP Plier
Stillwater
Stonfo spring hackle pliers, short model
Stonfo Standard
Stonfo Micro
Stonfo spring hackle pliers
Stonfo Standard tube and hook
Streamworks
TMC rubber ring
TMC
Tiemco rotary model
Troutline bamboo handle
Troutline, brass
Turall
TyFlyz hackle pliers
Hackle pliers, English model
Small English style hackle pliers
Rotary hackle pliers
Pakistani hackle pliers
TMC rotary hackle pliers
C&F Design rotary hackle pliers
Wasatch cable test clip
Hackle nabbers
Cable test clip
Small cable test clip
The cable test clip
A set of 10 for a couple of dollars
The Spoke Clip at work
Bike spoke hackle pliers
Add a little heat shrink tube
Martin Joergensen - Tom Trozera