cf mini bite help?

http://www.stripersonline.com/content/type/61/id/1045203/width/525/height/394 found this browsing the web. Any guesses as to how the head is made? Looks killer to me. Edit: please hold getting a pic

FishinGuy

Check out Davie McPhail on YouTube Saw his name the other day and I checked it out. He shows how to tie a Caddis Fly and by golly that may be the start your looking for.

Unless it looks to you guys like its just a white craft fur dubbing brush colored w/marker. In that case, I got it.

KJH807
look at EP-styled flies it is done by stacking different color material on top and on the bottom of the hook... then trimmingexactly the same as stacking deerhair Craft furrams woolEP fibersSF blendtake your pick you can also do the entire fly the lighter color (white)... and then use markers/air brush to color

thanks for the insight. Appreciate it. I've done some as you described before and the head didn't have that nice round shape to it. I'll try some with more hair and see how they come out. I also did some all white with craft fur brush for the head and colored with marker, I think they came out OK. I'll try to get the wife to snap a few quality pics and post my results.

I tied this one with all white craft fur with a dubbing brush head. Colored with marker. I think it looks OK.

Craft fur is not the easiest thing to stack.  It doesn't really spin either, not like deer hair, anyway.  I've stopped using it for stacking & instead use clumps of laser dub or ice dub or wool.  Wool is super easy.
 
Have you made craft fur dubbing brushes before?  It's easy once you figure it out & make a few in one sitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbZrLNP0co8
Instead of the way he does it with the fancy table, I use a 1 x 4 with a hook in the end of it & a cordless drill with a hook in the chuck instead of a drill bit.  Works great.  Important to get out the underfur or it'll just bunch up in the wire. I use brassie sized copper wire, spin it until the wire breaks, done.

The method I use is pictured here.http://caseysmartt.com/20...g-the-deadhead-minnow/

Durability was one question i had about the method ive been using. The fur doesnt get trapped super tight. But once its wrapped on the shank it seems ok. I'll try some like that. Thanks.