Originally Posted by
skiptomylu
On the Hackle V's, I use the tip and put 3 V's with it to make a tail, but your using marabou it looks like? Also know you can make a tail just using the little V's and that would be a tail much like the original Gray Ghost jig as he didn't use a tip in his jigs much of the time. However the Saltwater Neck hackle is longer and wider and the kind of Hackle I use.
With Marabou I pull the barbules off the stem and stack them until I have enough for my tail, then I pinch it about where I want to cut it to length and the cut the end you pulled off and the tie it in. Never cut the natural ends off!
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