Bruce Derington

Thanks poopdeck

The last few days Most tied on Ahrex TP610 size #1 Tail, calf tail, some flash, marabou skirt Body. 4 colors of Natures Spirt dyed spinning deer, Eyes , dragon eyes, 5 mm, or plastic eyes, solid 4.5 -6mm

Much better ! Nice taper on body, hackling/ throat. Are nice. Be mindful of tag section, ( a little chubby), Question, are u using silk?

Knowing the short comings is half the battle

Can be common, possibly being over bleached and old, get a new patch

As far as trapping hair there is a simple solution, after tying in clump, cut a square of plastic bag and cut a slice in it, that allows you to pass it through the thread followed by wrapping it around bundle. I then use a bag clamp to hold back hair then work forward, give it a try.

I tie my the way Chris Helms showed me, (for the mouse ), tie in back section up to where the ears go. Then I trim that section, add the ears followed by one clump ( top and bottom). Then trim that, add whiskers followed by final clump. Then I carefully trim around the whiskers and steam for final trim

Simply pull em up or down and get in with the ✂️

More mice, 4/0 ; 1/0 ; #1 Belly is natural white, top is Mule deer with moose mane whiskers and mono eyes

Your on a roll

With the fine silks it is recommended to burnish in same direction as wrapping, more back and forth vertically, opposed to right to left ( back and forth).

Now that’s what I’m talking about! You got it now

A couple more, Fire Tiger colors

Nice

Nice job on these. The only critique would be matching size hook to pattern your tying, in the case of the popper, body seems too long, start actual stacking just in front of hook point. Diameter normally is equal to ( or a tad bigger), from tip of hook to top of shank.