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    Quote Originally Posted by sselinger View Post
    Just started to try fly tying. I am wondering what to do with the left over marabou after you have trimmed the end part off, making the tail on a woolley bugger. Seems like there is a lot of "good stuff" left, but with the trim making the ends all the same length, it does make a good tail for another fly.
    When I tie buggers, I twist the butt ends and wrap that for the body. Saves time and looks pretty good.











    btw, welcome to the forum.



    Regards,
    Scott
    Last edited by ScottP; 02-11-2013 at 01:07 PM.

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