Fly Tying: Using a Whip Finishing Tool

For the person new to fly tying the whip finishing tool can be one of the hardest tools to master. I tried in vain to figure it out on my own by looking at diagrams and etc but I never really caught on to it until someone actually sat down and showed me how to use it. With that in mind take a look at this excellent video. It also proves that you don't have to be a fingernail model to make fly tying demo videos.