squirrel skins

[dudley]

(road kill)

[john52948]

ive been tieing all fur soft hackles for 3 or 4 years now, and I find that using a pine squirrel hide that has been zonked, works best for me it makes it a lot easier to get the end tips straight when inserted in the clip, then you just trim the hide off and insert the section in a dubbing loop. seems like wapsi is usually the supplier to the shops I deal with.

hope this helps

[gqualls]

Thanks for the replies.

I recently got a pine squirrel pelt. Very pleased with the product. I received a gift last month for my birthday that, for me, is pretty cool. It's called a Swiss CDC clamp. Been practicing making soft hackles using oversized hackle, squirrel, and comparadun deer hair. The squirrel soft hackles look particularly good. I can foresee tying many of them in the months ahead, thus the need for squirrel skins. I contemplated road kill as well as fresh harvest but neither really appeal to me. I've seen them on ebay and etsy but I would much prefer to get some input from folks on this board who have purchased skins, if they liked them, and where they got them. Not in a hurry …. the squirrel that I have on hand will no doubt tie be enough to tie 2-3 hundred soft hackles if not more. John 52948 I will check and see if Wapsi has squirrel skins.

Thanks again