JUNGLEJIM1 said:
Nice looking bucktails. There are a lot of heads that are good for tying bucktails and one of my favorites is the walleye head. I like a collar when tying with bucktail or craft hair so with this particular mold I cut off the barb section and flatten the ball collar until it won't flair hair when I tie them. Here is what they look like before tying.
Nice looking head . I use forceps to flatten the barb. I’ve had some heads that the collar didn’t pour and I have tied them . They are more challenging but with practice I like how they turn out better.
Jay Wirth has some good videos on tying collarless jigs that has helped me a great deal. Thread pressure tying downward needs to be tighter than coming back up.
Here’s an example of how neat a collereless jig can be.
