Quote Originally Posted by yellowmattie View Post
Shipahoy 41 in looking at your website for jigs you have several that use thread as the body or that is what I call it. You may just say the thread is wrapped to hold the marabou. Do you not build this up much? I did this and didn't have the problems I spoke of but the thread was not built up enough for my liking. Does anyone take a collared jig and cut any type of grub keeper off to create just a smooth collar and tie over this as this will build this neck area up more?


That was in the neck / throat area. In between wraps you will find a layer of hard as nails. Also, the layer beneath the neck was the end of the marabou tail plume. That gave the neck area that look. 95% of the jigs I tie are no collar, no barb. Occasionally you will find a customer that insists on a collar jig. 100% of the jigs I tie for myself are no collar.