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Now when I secure the hair, it secures a bit at a time with each wrap. (thats key, if you think you're going to secure it all at once you got another thing coming to ya) in the pic you cant make out the thread, but the first wrap secures the green area, the second wrap secures the red area. This is being tied on the top only, if you wanted to go all around the hook youd secure this with 3 or 4 wraps. Rotate your hook, grab a chunk of bucktail, flick out the **floatys** (again thats a technical term) cut at a slight angle place that on the hook shank, secure it. Easy and clean.
Once you have that down (really its just a matter of getting used to switching the material between hands) you can take larger amounts of bucktail, and secure them in place with 3-4 wraps (medium tension) and if you pinch the hair it will work its self around the hook.
OK, once you have that secured in place, wind your thread all the way to the front and wrap it all the way to the back. Cutting that slight angle in your hair does two things, makes it easier to secure A. and B. begins to build your head (you know what I mean if you've ever just wrapped crazy amounts of thread on the hair to get 'the look' I know Im not the only one to ever do that )
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