Deer hair - Tail

[paflyfisher]

I have just been given a deer tail for tying and am looking for ideas. I fish mostly small streams in SW Pa and wanted to try some dries too.

Soliciting ideas.

Thanks,
paff

pa,

Tails and wings on dry flies, wings on streamers.

Allan

[paflyfisher]

Allan - Thanks.

[Bob Widmaier]

paff:

Deer tail or buck tail is a solid hair that is usually used in wet fly patterns where you want the fly to sink. Their main use is in streamer patterns (Micky Finn, etc) but they can be used for tails on nymph patterns.

Dr Bob

[James Smith]

Deer tail also works well in tying the Thunder Creek series of minnow imitations.

Jim Smith

[ScottP]

paff,

Bucktail, which is what I think you have there, is great for Clouser Minnows, too. On small streams, you could little ones with small lead eyes, or bead chain. For dries, I know some of the Wulffs can be tied with bucktail wings - I like calf tail better, since most of the ones I tie are #12-18.

Regards,
ScottP

[paflyfisher]

Bucktail is what I have. I am looking for a beginner or easier clouser or minnow pattern to use these.

thanks folks!

paff

[rookie]

this is off the subject but I probably live in a fairly close proximaty, western md. Do you fish the yough at all?

[Ron Mason]

Do a search for "black nose dace". It is an excellent bucktail pattern and not too hard to tie. "Thunder creek" is another one but a little more difficult to master.

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Ron M

[Thwack]

Clousers are pretty easy to tie. Instructions and video can be found at:


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[url=http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/TyingClouserMinnow1.wmv:f4187]http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/TyingClouserMinnow1.wmv[/url:f4187]

[url=http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/TyingClouserMinnow2address.wmv:f4187]http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/TyingClouserMinnow2address.wmv[/url:f4187]

Bob Clouser's book on the subject can be seen at:

[url=http://flyfisherman.com/northeast/bobclouserqa/:f4187]http://flyfisherman.com/northeast/bobclouserqa/[/url:f4187]

or his own site:

[url=http://www.clouserflyfishing.com/clousersflies.html:f4187]http://www.clouserflyfishing.com/clousersflies.html[/url:f4187]

While the original Clouser Minnow is tied in a fairly large sized, I've had good luck using them on clear trout streams (where I've been able to see the trout take the fly multiple times).

I tied mine much smaller using an old size 9 (yes, nine...says so on the package) hook. His book I believe suggests tying these small as well as the original size but I read that long after I first downsized some on my own.