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Step 12 eyes done

Step 13 - more dubbing

Step 14 - dub

Step 15 - prepare the feather

Step 16 - tie in

Step 17 - ready to wrap

Step 18 - pull barbs

Step 19 - wrap

Step 20 - form head

Step 21 - cut thread

Step 22 - pull hackle

Step 23 - add LCR

Step 24 - cure

Step 25 - more LCR

Step 26 - trim flash

Done

The whole feather

Pretty good looking

Perfect eyes

A small production

Inspiration

Teal

Mallard

Gadwall

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.