Sweet Brian.
Interesting with the craft fur substitute I have been digging the artic fox as a wing on a few streamer patterns but it is kind of a pain and you certainly don't get much bang for your buck with that stuff. I have tied up a dozen of these but I did the lazer dub dubbing loop figure eight the dumbell eyes to create a head the way your doing it looks like it might make a bigger profile and push a little more water.
What size dumbell eyes are you using and are you seeing much of a difference between say medium and small dumbell eyes?