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Scratch, if you don't want your deer tail hair to flair out on the hook, don't pull the wrapping thread tighter as you wrap further away from the hook's eye. Don't think I am not saying to wrap tigh enough to hold it in place, I am not. Just wrap tight enough to secure the far end of the head wrap. Pulling more tight, and tightest, closest to the eye just before tying it off. This keeps the shank end from flairing if thats your preference. My preference is not crinkly deer hair. When you see crinkly deer hair it generally comes from northern, local deer. Southern deer produce the finest tail hair there is. I know, I am sitting next to a rubbermaid container with about 125 unused tails. In the next container there is a 100 tails I work from to make my stuff. Don't just wrap the head to wrap the head. If you want it to look nice it takes practice, and paying close attention as you go. I have sold literally hundreds of teaser rigs, and flys in the last ten years, slowing as the economy slowed, but I still find it very rewarding. I stopped fly fishing several years back when an #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& walked off with an Orvis flyrod on Chappy on me. Shouldn't have stopped, but it was a karma thing. If you need any help with where to get supplies or anything, PM me.
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