[Kingfisher]

Originally Posted by fish gunner

mustad 9671 #2
uni #33 red wire started 1/8 "back form hook eye tied along shank even with barb.

tinsel gudebrod silver holographic electra braid tied with 3/8" tag then over laping turns to 1/8" from hook eye
wire is now counter wound to 1/8 " of hook eye
wing tied in a mickey finn style. useing two small pinches white bucktail selected high on the tail
unstacked no more that 1/4" longer than hook bend to prevent wing twist. now repeat useing color of choice in this case floro pink small pinches aid in control of head build up.now top useing white buck tail again small pinches high on tail. now add a few thread wraps as needed to build smooth uniform head .cement let dry cement to stop paint run in threads
paint yellow craft 20502. to form eye finish pupil with marker pen cement twice let dry.
pick out tinsel tail. good to go. not sure if pic will go thru sorry if not.

Here is Fishgunner's final product. I tried to shrink it down to a reasonable size. We will see how this comes out.

Sorry I didn't do it sooner FG. The site was down all day yesterday.

Rob