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John,

I tied a lot of ugly flies before I switched the sequence. I'm sure some's been doing it this way for years, but any instruction I saw had the head go on last.

Regards,
Scott

Here's the back half (I'll try to submit the whole fly as a FOTW at some point):

Charlie Craven has a great tutorial http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=76 for the Rogue...

John,

I was at the 10 pic limit on this thread or would have included a shot; I'll see what I can do.

Regards,
Scott

They stopped carrying it at our Home Depot but I found it at a local nursery. Stuff cuts like a champ and doesn't seem to fray.
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Steven,

I've done it that way, too. Either works, but I get more even hair distribution spinning it; just my observation.

Regards,
Scott

Most of the instructions I've seen for bullet-head flies start with the body and work towards the front. I've always had problems attaching the hair for the head and getting it to spin properly with...