Rex,

I stopped the body at the double wire. I did my hackling a little different from you - I hate tying fibers in for a throat because I never get it right, so I just wrap a folded hackle and stroke the fibers down/back while wrapping with thread. Here's the sequence from a Kaufmann Coal Car:


tie in (folded) hackle, sweep fibers back while wrapping forward; tie off, then stroke hackle back and down while wrapping thread back for wing tie-in










tie in 2 strands of Krystal Flash and fold back to create underwing







clean, stack and measure (back to hook bend) a clump of squirrel tail; trim to length and tie in







smooth wing tie-in (a bit of SHHAN or Super Glue first helps to tame the slippery squirrel), whip finish, a few coats of SHHAN; trim KF and you're done





The head's a bit thick on this one but I'm happy with the length.

Regards,
Scott