Hair for spinning, coastal deer, belly hair, Comparadun, not to mention mule deer, elk, and moose. What is it all about? Then there is bucktail. Is it in fact only buck’s tail? Or just deer tail, and only whitetail deer or any type? I understand that northern winter killed deer is best, correct? Or does it matter? Yikes!
Making sense of hair?
That’s what we call one of the hard solved ‘mysteries’ of fly tying.
The best way to learn is trial and error. It’s one of the few reamining rights of passage for a fly tyer.
We could spell it out for you, but then we’d deprive you of all that experience.
(this is what you write when you ‘know’ what you look for diffeent things, but have ZERO clue how to readily transfer that knowledge to others…)
Good Luck!
Buddy
Chris Helms for all you wish to know about deer http://www.globalflyfisher.com/staff/helm/selecting
It’s all a mystery . . . However I have figured it out!! I will let you in on the secret to spinning hair . . . and choosing what hair to use . . .
Call Chris Helm !!! Get his spinning deer hair DVD, and tell him what you want to use the hair for. He’ll send it all to you and you will have the right stuff . . . That’s what I did. I watched the DVD and used his hair and it works!!!
http://www.whitetailflytieing.com/
wayne
when it comes to deer hair, it seems Chris Helms is the man. His article on Global Fly Fisher is exactly what I needed. Thanks everyone.
Chris Helm is always good, But also try this site…