if you put thread base on most of the shank before the bend and tie in your marabou first all the way to where the henille will end (pretty tight) then once you have it where you want it grab it with your fingers at the thread and wrap tight again back to the head. Once you have got to tgis point it should not move again. Then tie in your chenille and it's done and that is the only time I put a drop of my glue that has been thinned so it soaks in very fast and you chouldnt even feel a hard spot where you put it.