The trick is to roll the feather barbs aorund each other. This is easy to show but hard to explain to a person. Strip the feather so the fibers left on the stem are the longest on the feather with the tipp's you want to see on the fly. Cut a section so the butt's are stright and then just roll it on it's self. If you try this enough you will get the hang of it. It is not hard to do. You will end up with the bright colors on all sides. I have been doing it this way for many many years. It works. LOL Ron