TheCream

All credit goes to Cohen, IMO. I think the reason it works so well is the way in which it doesn't just push the hair back, but it's grabbing the thread wraps in front of the deer hair (and behind, I'd suppose) and pushing it ALL back. I think that's the shortcoming of a pen tube or the Deadfly style tool. A hollow tool can't grip around the shank as tight to grab the thread wraps simply because it has to be large enough in diameter to fit over the hook eye. I use both now on almost every bug, a Fugly to pack the hair and a Deadfly style tool to half-hitch in front of the final stacks of hair by the hook eye. It's a great tool for that and valuable to have at the bench, even if it's just for that purpose.

It's worth every penny. I have also made a lot of the Deadfly style packers (I'm just dangerous enough with a wood lathe). The Deadfly tools I use more for tying off/half hitching than I do for packing. The Fugly is the packing tool to have. I use the full size on bugs as small as size 10 bluegill bugs. Don't be intimidated by the size.

Trust me, I know that guy who did the video. If you post a comment that is anything but praise, he'll delete it ASAP. It's been his modus operandi since I have known him. That may be, but he will read it. If the point is constructive criticism, it should go to the source. Offering constructive advice on some of his flies got me banned from a site he runs online. The same has happened to a lot of people I know. Good luck.

Trust me, I know that guy who did the video. If you post a comment that is anything but praise, he'll delete it ASAP. It's been his modus operandi since I have known him.

Egan's Thread Frenchie.

Confidence fly. Won't head to a trout stream without Red Darts.

Love it.

I saw a musky in my local water recently. So...

Oil Slick Buzzers

Deer hair for panfish.

I'm in restock mode for the summer. I go through a lot of these, but the fish love them. This color combo has been on fire lately.

Playing with a new toy.

Cream , what are the tails on your flies ? Squirmy Wormy hot tipped with Laser Dub.

Experimental carp fly.

This is one of my favorites. I tie it with an orange band of thread and some orange in the wing so I can see it well in rough water.