In Depth Tutorial on How I do my Craft Fur Bait Fish

[mike_richardson]

This is just how I do it. Lots of ways to skin a cat. At the end of part two I discuss my thoughts on guys getting into tying and things to avoid as well. It was about 1:00am so I am a bit tired, but hope this can help anyone who wants to give it a go. I got my time down to around 10 minutes on one of these but think there is more room there.

Thanks for the look.

Mike

 

[mike_richardson]

some pics for reference. any questions on the pics let me know. I tried to save them with a name that describes the process.

 

[mike_richardson]

I wanted to show the fly from the top view. You can see how the reverse tying gives it a nice profile from above. I should have rotated and looked at the bottom.

As I state in the video if when you tie them in you put a little pressure and rock it alittle bit it will help spread the "fuzz end" a 180 degrees around the shank of the hook and give you that profile.

As I State in the video I am not a pro, I just figured I could help some guys out who want to learn to tie. There are other ways to tie these I am sure this is just how I do mine.