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Step 27 - head done

Step 26 - form a nice head

Step 25 - cut hackle

Step 24 - tie down hackle

Step 23 - finish wrapping

Step 22 - wrap hackle

Step 21 - stroke back fibers

Step 20 - tie in hackle

Step 19 - eyes set

Step 18 - wrap over eye stem

Step 17 - eyes

Step 18 - rubber legs done

Step 15 - fold over and wrap

Step 14 tie down rubber legs

Step 13 - catch thread

Step 12 - cut legs in half

Step 11 - tie down and trim

Step 10 - pull feather

Step 9 - position feather

Step 8 - remove fluff

Step 7 - select feather

Step 6 - bucktail done

Step 5 - tie in bucktail

Step 4 - trim butts

Since you got this far …

A money box

The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.
See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.