Allan,
Here is my entire email exchange with Craig. Please note the question I sent which allowed him the option of saying "no black tips"................
This is for Craig Mathews:
Craig, I am in a discussion with some tiers about the "best" hair for
Sparkle Duns. The question is this: Should it be fine deer hair with very
short black tips, or, coastal deer hair without the black tips?
Thank you,
Byron Haugh
I prefer whitetail deer from northern Idaho and Montana taken in October. The hair will then be short, about 1" long, with very short black tips and coarse up close to the very ends of the tips. Coastal deer from warm climates has fine hair and is seldom hollow enough to flair the right about and compress with tying thread to defeat bulk when tying small sparkle and compara duns.