muskrat is one of my most important base mixing furs,mix it with purple haze lite brite in a dubbing loop tied as a wet fly. comb out with a stiff brush, add teal blue marker pen, fading front to back very litely. brush out, colors will explode with a rainbow of shades.the fly above needs to be finished with a thorough brush out, the barrel effect on the body should be almost equal to the tail in effect. under body base should be tied onto wet super glue, as should the head, my flies do not ,come apart.