A little Flig Practice

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Round three, Pat. This time with proper jig hooks (vs those bass worm hooks I was experimenting with). Also with the right dense foam. Now I can actually shape things a bit. That is definitely going to require a follow up class as my hands were a bit shaky with the dremel. Still big body style with 3/4" foam plugs this time but sticking with 1.25 long on a #6 jig hook. Tail, well ya, that is a work in progress. That will be part will also require reeducation. I think I need to split the plug and start the material inside.

Looking better.  And with more practice you will keep improving.  As I have stated before, my first efforts were pretty shabby too.
Tieing the tails on after painting will work.  But you WILL get a cleaner end result by wrapping the material on before splitting the foam and gluing...so the tail materials are inside the foam.  Fish will still eat it.  I caught lots of fish on the ones I used to wrap after the fact.  But I didn't paint until after I had wrapped the tails...and I tried to build up the wraps and level them so they looked more like the body.  See attached pics for former wraps and current models.  Will be glad to conduct a followup session whenever you are ready.   PS...it helps to have a fly-tying vise but not necessary.  I can show you how to fab a working model for cheap.  (Think clothes pin)