Step 1
Wind on a body of tying thread.
Step 2
The tail here is a mixture of ginger and grizzle hackle fibres. Once you have them muddled up in a small bunch, tie it in!
Step 3
Strip the herl off a strand of peacock to leave the bare quill.
Step 4
It is important when using materials like stripped quills, and flat tinsels etc to have a smooth body underneath otherwise the body will look all lumpy.
Wind, in touching turns, the quill up the body and tie in at the end.
Step 5
Prepare two hackles for tying in. A ginger and a grizzle – the same as used for the tail. Tie in these hackles and wind them together.
Step 6
Form a neat head – not like my one and whip finish. It looks like I have the top half ginger and the bottom grizzle – not meant to be like that but looks can be deceptive!
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