is horse hair ever used in tying ...????i know it used to be used in the line ...but i dont believe i have ever seen it in one recipe
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is horse hair ever used in tying ...????i know it used to be used in the line ...but i dont believe i have ever seen it in one recipe
I just saw in a catalog yesterday that there was some for sale. They said it could be used for small quill wing body dry flies.
Most of the mosquito patterns I tye are tyed with hair from my sons horses. The mane and tail hairs are unbelievably strong.
It is way too early to be thinking this way, but now I have to come up with a fly tied with hair from the very base of a horse's tail just so I can call it a "Horse's A**" I don't care if it catches fish. It will catch fishermen just because of the name. :lol:
I have tied several patterns with horse hair. A friend gave me some and I bought a packet from Feather-Craft. Do a small build up of thread to give a tapered look and then wrap. I did coat the hair with head cement.
We all watched the 'movie', A River Runs Through It, years ago, in fact, I just watched it again last week...
Anywho, there is a reference to a 'Bunyan Bug' fly and the wing on this fly is made of horse hair.
Here's a pic:
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v.../bunyanbug.jpg
In fact, as I did a search on the Bunyan Bug, I found this interesting page and some recipes of the newest twist on the Bunyan Bug: http://frontrangeanglers.com/newslet.../bunyanbug.htm
Kelly.
Makes great bodies on smaller flies.
Hi,
I've seen a dressing where the body is horse hair, wrapped like a quill body, and the tail and hackle are as per an Adams (grizzle and natural red mixed). Don't recall wings, and I'm not sure there were any.
- Jeff
Google the Sandy Mite fly series. Potts flies. They are woven horsehair and yarn.
http://www.edtu.org/Article.asp?ArticleID=48
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/ This one shows it being tied with fox squirrel, but the only tie I ever saw was done with horse hair.
There are several other good sites on the web.