Tied a few jigs today and was messing around with getting 2 & 3 colors of buck tail to evenly spread around the hook. Got kind of the hang of it the last few jigs I tied. Any input on a easier way to do this??
Gundy
I can’t wait for an answer for your question, well I guess I will. I’ll try to wait
Work with smaller amounts of hair in different colors and ….practice, practice, practice.
I tie alot of jigs and as far as I know there is no easy way to tie buck tails , I do know that less hair you try to tie the easier it is.
Are you doing full wrap arounds or layered wraps with your multi colors. Layered colors are easier to do for me .
If you are ever in my area we can do up some at my house and I can show you how I do it .I have everything you need ,just bring yourself 
Trumar,
I usually just stack the hair and then take my thumb and index finger and try to roll it around the hook. This works to a point, but most of the time I get the half & half look which is okay. But the jig just looks better when the hair is distributed evenly around the hook.
I am using small amounts of hair as my master I learned from was a real stickler for that. I wish he were alive as he would have worked it through with me.
Today I cut the 2 colors and held them between my thumb and index finger and rolled the hair much like rolling a cigarette. This really started coming around as I tied a few. Also I could cut the colors square to lay up to the base of the jig. Kinda fun messing around with these things when the weather is so ugly out. Another plus was I am getting a smaller finished neck. Another thing my master was critical of if the neck got to fat.
Gundy
Its been about 20 years since I did a lot of tieing. I had a small stainless tube we called a stacker. It was probably just smaller than a pencil in diameter. You made one cut off of a bucktail and filled the cut end into the tube. There was a cap on it, and you tapped the cap end on the table. Pinch the tip ends sticking out of the end and take the cap off. Slide hair forward a little and pinch the cut ends, Slide tip ends over the eye end of the hook to desired length and wrap.
With practice, I could do two colors at once pretty good. A friend of mine was great at working in mylar and tinsel at the same time to get it evenly spread around a shank. I’ll look around to see if I still have it in my tying box. If so, I’ll post a pic of it.
So if I got it right,your doing a multi color blend wrap, much harder to do. I have only done 2 colors at once.
As TC said “pratice,pratice,pratice”
Happy tying….
Jeff
I am an amateur at jig tying and need a little help. Is a collarless jig easier to tie bucktail to, or is it easier with the collar so you don’t use so much material. Thanks for the help.
I’ve tied quite a few bucktails (both jigs and muskie baits), and the advice here about the stacker is great. Rolling it in your fingers prior to putting it on the jig works fine, too, once you get the hang of it. I sometimes just mix the hair in the palm of my hand, roll my fingers closed but not tight, and stack the hair that way on the table or in my other hand. Took some practice but works for me.
I like tying on the BFN H2O Precision heads or other collarless jigs over collared jigs, but I think it’s just a matter of personal preference in the end.
Kevlar thread will help keep the collar small because you’ll be able to make tighter wraps without breaking the thread.
I think Gundy’s teacher had it right with the less hair is more philosophy. 
Hope that is helpful info.
I have been tying hair for about 15yrs. first of all you are much better off NOT using a collar, I will explain : 1st use plain hooks,wrap thread 1/4″ long directly on your hook (this serves as an anchor).2nd select a SPARSE amount of “bucktail” ( DO NOT use corse deer hair as it is too thick ) seek out FINER (younger) deer tails. After you select the hair , pinch it cut it off from your tail source. Then look at the total length of the hair you just cut,I normally like to pinch back approx. 1/2″ then I will cut a straight line across the hair I have just snipped off the tail (depending on the hook legnth) it will tell me where to make that straight cut. Here is where the “trick” comes into play. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT cut or trim the back portion of the hair , as it renders it un-natural if it’s cut straight across and you don’t get proper undulation which triggers fish response.I place the hair on the hook behind the jig head. I give 5 somewhat loose wraps, just enough to keep the hair in place, this way it is easier to “roll the hair evenly around the hook, once it looks even to me I continue my wrapping… hope this info helps the new guys just getting into it. The more you do the better you become !! “Hairjig” 
Anybody have any pics of the multicolored bucktails they have tied?
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