Looks like your colors are okay and you have the basics pretty good. Now stop cutting the good ends off the marabou! Also don't include the stem in so much. If the tip quit is very thin it's okay to include it, but on mine I use no stem probably 90% of the time and you get more and better action without the stem! I am in a bind for time right now, but we can chat later too and you can PM me if interested. Here is a picture of my marabou tails and I pull the barbules off the stem and stack them until I have enough, then I pinch them about where i want to cut it to length, then I cut off the ends I pulled loose from them stem.

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