I just starting tying; I think I'm on my 15th jig. I also think I've made a beginner's mistake: too much stuff! Add another color, another layer, another material and so on.

It's the same mistake beginner's make in my other hobby - music. Just keep adding more instruments and it's bound to work sooner or later...but it never does. The best music is simple.

So, in the last 10 minutes I tied this one:

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The paint on the head was a mistake; It's actually a glitter coat with little to no color in it, but I didn't realize that when I poured it into the fluid bed. Oh well, if the fish don't like it they can complain to the maitre de.

One thing I've noticed about marabou is that different marabous have different amounts of "fuzz", particularly at the tip. The chartruse marabou I used in the above jig has almost no fuzz on the tips. As you can see in the picture it looks like very thin deer hair. My black and red marabous are very fuzzy all the way from stem to tip. Is there a phrase for that difference I should know when shopping? Or is it just "You pays your money and you takes your chances"?