Craft fur minnow

[Chia 0]

So, I am trying to tie a craft fur minnow that is blue on top and white on bottom. I have no idea what I am doing wrong, but I cannot get the fur to lay back. Are there any good tutorials out there?

[Dave G. 0]

What method you are using to in the materials ? .

[Chia 0]

After the first tie in, I am tying with the length toward the eye for ton and bottom, then folding over to create height. But I have to tie back an insane amount to get the fur to lay back.

[Dave G. 0]

Have you tried something like a tooth brush or stiff fingernail brush and brush the fibers back ? Maybe you are tying in too much material at once. This is something you can do in layers.

[agn54 0]

This is the best tutorial I have found for a craft fur minnow and the fly is one of my favorites for the salt

[Cold 0]

You can also do a few stages.

 

Do layers like Dave G suggests. Then, when you're at least getting the fibers slightly back, try tying on one or two clumps like a normal streamer wing, laying on top of the under-layers, not tied in reversed. This will allow them to rest their weight on the layers beneath, helping them to lay back as well.

[Chia 0]

Thank you, I was using way too much fur at a time! I will tie one like this now!

[rstaight 0]

Some pictures may help. Craft fur should lay down. Do a search for clouser minnow or thunder creek minnow.

[Dave G. 0]

It might be worth noting just what material you actually are using.

 

Some craft furs have fairly short fibers and others longer. I own the original Fly Fur craft fur that was sold in fly shops and tying stores maybe 12-18 years ago now, in about 6 different colors. Each is on a carpet backing basically. With this there is a fair amount of under fibers, if natural fur you might say "under fur" . And more of it in some colors than others. But none of these fibers are real long. Today's packaged iteration looks to be more loose and longer, but not all.