The bead or cone rests against the collar on the rear part of the tube. The front collar is made before spinning the deer hair. Mount the hook when the fly is tied, passing the tippet through the tube and a piece of soft junction tube and tying it onto the hook, pulling it taught into the junction tube and up against the fly.
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