Abstract: Transfer tail apparatus for use with a yarn winder on which the yarn package tube has at its outer axial end an end slit or other yarn snagging means for snagging and retaining yarn during tie-up, the transfer tail apparatus having a first yarn guide adapted to move in a path and translate a continuously moving yarn into engagement with the tube end slit or other yarn snagging means; and a second yarn guide operative after such snagging and adapted to guide the snagged yarn into a waste bunch and then move in a path and guide the yarn into spaced helical wraps constituting the transfer tail, after which the second yarn guide releases the yarn for subsequent pickup by a yarn traverse guide on the yarn winder for forming the package portion on the yarn package tube.