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#1 I got kits and the hooks that came with the kit are to big I went from a #1 to a #4. #2 was paint lol paint them before you glue to the hook they will stay put on a hook good enough to paint if not you get painted hook eyes #3 Epoxy well you want 70 + degrees so the epoxy flows good and...

Not a 100% happy but getting sick to my stomach of them lol would rather tell everyone the problems I had making them then how they actually came out soooo

Just about done with poopers

If no foam 12 if foam 8 foam is a little harder to tie down

Was just messing with the poopers and realized a point that I should have made (don kinda helped) on anything that has hair in it make sure you get all the little fine fuzz out of it (it’s like a sponge)use a comb it really helps lol some where in my mess I have a plastic lice comb that works well

If you want them to float you have to use foam or floatent I beat my head over a rock with elk hair cassis a while back and the only way I could get one to float overnight was foam and don’t tie it down tight if it isn’t expanded it won’t float long I was using craft foam and it wasn’t the...

Floatent or foam not much of a dry fly guy really but can say use the smallest thread you can get and only use the minimum you need.Even go as far as adding floatent to your tippet and leader to keep it from pulling your fly down.

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you will see a big difference between the buck tails you get some are straight some have a crinkle to them. I like to mix the two between top and bottom crinkled top straight bottom. Straight on the bottom helps keep the hair away from the hook crinkled on top gives size without bulk

If you are looking for a little curl try some squirrel tail it works well too just a little thinner then calf tail options are endless

Lol medium brass eyes size 4 3366 mustad hook actually pretty light considering the eyes lead would be heavier

Lol I’ve got a 100 size 1 jig hooks

The biggest thing with clousers is good long straight buck tail

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If you use a hair stacker you can pretty them up a little more but I’m not saying they will work better

I would say it’s Grand Max but way too expensive for the amount you get but for sure I’m a Seaguar fan

Really can’t say better better will be when a fish is hanging from it lol just let the deer hair fly till your happy that’s all that matters in the end and of course catching fish

I’m cheap I just use floro and mono

This is what I mean and if you cut towards your fingers instead of cutting away you will get a cleaner angled cut

I forgot the silicone legs in the first picture