Now move your thread forward to the midway
point of the hook shank and tie in light colored
fur from the raccoon tail. Tie it in just like you did
the dark.
Now move your thread forward again until you are
just a little more than a hook eye away from the
dumbbell eyes and tie in another dark portion of
the raccoon tail. This should be tied in the same
way as the others. The body should now consist
of dark, light, dark raccoon tail and should cover
the hook shank all of the way up a little more than
a hook eye away before the dumbbell eyes.
After you secure your last portion of dark raccoon
tail, choose a small clump of yellow deer hair. This
should be a little smaller than a pencil's width.
Place it in your stacker tips first and even the tips
up. Being careful, remove the clump and tie it in on
top of the thread wraps that cover that last dark
portion of raccoon tail. You should be on top of
the hook shank with the eye of the hook and point
of the hook upright. Make sure the clump does
not spin around when tying it in. Pinch it together
as you make wraps around it, pulling it down so it
spreads the tips out. The tips should be touching
the point of the hook and not being long enough
to go past the point.
Now hold the butts of the deer hair back and make
a couple of wraps in front of it. You will trim off the
butts later.
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