[VFB] Lefty's Deceiver: tying question

[Ken Staples]

Hi Everybody,   I wanted to get some advice on tying Lefty’s Deceiver. I’m having a problem with the head of the fly. The body seems to look okay but the head comes out really long. It’s almost like I’m tying a cockroach (which I guess is a modified deceiver…). I think my problem is tying the bucktail collar & wing. Maybe I get too much on there and therefore I tie it farther back? I’m trying to tie the bucktail so it doesn’t overlap the eye (reducing what I would have to cut out). It just seems like there’s a bunch of material to fit into that little bullet head (3 clumps of bucktail and the flash throat). Any ideas?   Thanks,   Ken, FL