Since I do more smaller-sized flies, like #16 down to #20 my prefs tend towards deerhair. I bought a few good patches from Chris Helm some years back and like them a lot.

Maybe it's time to try some Elk as I have a large swatch given to me some years back from a friend from the old VFS forum. Great stuff and it gets used but I use mostly deer hair in smaller flies.

A couple of you boys regularly post some really fine ties and I will say, it's stimulating for me -one who has trouble sitting still at the vise for very long! It's appreciated.

Jeremy.