Hey all,

Yesterday I tied my first handful of muddler minnows, and I'm happy to report that they look fishable, if not professional. While spinning the deer hair has gone reasonably well, I've run into two problems:
1) compared to store-bought flies, the deer-hair heads I've spun have all turned out rather sparse, despite the fact that I started using almost too much hair to handle between thumb and fingers. Could the solution here be to spin several smaller bunches of deer hair, as opposed to just one large one?
2) the heads on some of the muddlers aren't fixed well to the hook and will turn on the shank under little force. I'm not sure what the solution is here. I was told not to wind thread on the part of the shank where I'll be spinning the hair.

If anyone has any ideas for me, I'd love to hear them.

Best,

Dave