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Bucktail - Hollow Fleye Technique, Controlling Flare, Illusion of Bulk

This video breaks down Bob Popovics' Hollow Fleye Technique - Reversing the bucktail to create the largest and most cast-able flies out there. How to catch material Perpendicularly, Evenly Distribute, Bring the Thread Forward, Lock in the "Set" Wraps, Build up a Thread Ball, walk Light Tension Thread back over the Bucktail setting the "Hollow Fleye" angle. - Rinse and Repeat.

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