Attaching a Fishing Nymph Tail

Video Transcript

"ALVIN DEDEAUX: So I've got my tail fiber selected. I'm just going to lay them on top of the hook with this hand. That looks about right and a little bit longer. Let's see, about there. And pinching with the other hand and then just do a few wraps, kinda loose wraps up toward to the front just to get that all locked down. Once again, I'm trying not to build up too much material right here near the tail. This fly--the body of this fly is going to be tapered. So if you want to put extra wraps, this should be up here kinda near the midsection. The tail is going to be fairly thin, so just going to kinda taper it back here and maybe go back just a little bit back past the eye of the hook just to give the body a little bit more length and then just kinda tie it off and see how it kinda flares that tail out a little bit. That's exactly what I'm looking for. So I'm going to go ahead and spin my hook around so that my thread is hanging down, not making contact with that sharp point, and I'm ready to move on to the next step."