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    Happy New Year from Canada!

    Kind of an odd question, but do any of you folks know of or heard of a pattern that calls for Chinchilla hair?

    We all use a multitude variety of hair in our craft, but this one has got me wondering.

    Reason for asking, is that a friend of a Chinchilla Furrier supplied me with a few dozen tails once she found out I was a fly tyer. Now I have way more than I'll likely use unless I can find a pattern or better yet...........create one of my own.

    Any help/comment would be greatly appreciated.
    David Parker
    Guild Certified Professional Rod Builder

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    Can you make Zonker strips out of tails for buggers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by herefishy View Post
    Can you make Zonker strips out of tails for buggers?
    Wapsi already does that...

    http://www.wapsifly.net/chinchilla-zonkers-strips/


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    My brother in law had 2 and there's more hair than tail in their tail. You MIGHT get luck and get 2 strips VERY short from the tail IF it's been tanned. Other wise cut the hair off and tie with that.

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