I will tie it on a 18 or 20.
If you have a problem wrapping the Moose Mane, soak it in water before you wrap . You can also keep a bunch of it in a bottle of hair conditioner 50/50 with water. This keeps the hair soft. Cut off a bunch of hair at the hide. Hold it together and loop a length of thread at the butts. Hang the bunch in the jar. When you are ready to use it, pull the bunch out of the jar, pull out the hairs you need. When buying Moose Mane for wrapping, see if you can open the package and check the hair. If it has not been processed right, it may be brittle and will crack or break when winding.
Tony
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I like to tie bodies with moose mane. It makes a good mosquito body. Take a strand of light and a strand of dark, tie in by the tips, wrap them side by side. It gives you a realistic mosquito body. Apply a couple of coats of head cement and it will be pretty durable. Tony
On a #2-/#22 hook I find that the Moose mane can be a lil tough for me to tie as a body. For them I like the Stripped Peacock Herl. For anything larger I use the moose mane. I also like to use dark CDC for the wings. Makes them kinda smoky looking. that and Tule in ant natural color.
Del
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