>>2773215I went pretty heavy on the marabou on the first one, so I went light on the second two. I just made three more, I'm getting a better feel for how much to keep and how much to strip. I haven't worked with it much. There's a lot of "trash" hiding the good feathers. Maybe it's a quality issue, it's all strung marabou.
I'm getting the hook further back, but from how you describe, I can probably go back even further.
I'm going fishing tomorrow morning. I'm not sure if I'll try these. I'm going to the lake. I'll be trying the float-n-fly setup. These may work with it.