yak hair

bassman · January 28, 2006, 8:46pm

Does anyone other than me use yak hair as a substitute for polar bear, and what else do you use it for? John
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I wish you all everlasting flies and tight lines.

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FIREMAN · January 30, 2006, 1:23am

Bassman Im hitchin a ride on this one as I have been looking for a good substitute also.

Seege

lee_s · January 30, 2006, 2:14am

Dubbing brushes.

bassman · January 30, 2006, 2:38am

No problem FIREMAN, I know it makes a good sub for polar bear, but would also like to know if anyone uses it for other tying. Thanks again John
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I wish you all everlasting flies and tight lines.

slenon · January 30, 2006, 4:33pm

I use yak hair for saltwater Clousers. Works well, has great translucency, and is durable fished around oyster bars and toothy fish. Sparse is better.

aka Cap’n Yid.
Stev Lenon Trout Ski, 91B20 '68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder

lee_s · January 30, 2006, 5:11pm

PB?
Oops! Never mind.

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rainbowchaser · January 30, 2006, 5:52pm

Hey Lee I read it as peanut butter the first time and had to look again. Or maybe J.C. is adding protien attractant to his flies .

bassman · January 30, 2006, 7:07pm

I can not find real Polar Bear in my area that is why I use yak hair. Thanks for the replys, John
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I wish you all everlasting flies and tight lines.

FIREMAN · January 31, 2006, 2:04am

Someone just had a post with a link and they had real polar bear. It was expensive like $13 for a piece. Pricey, Im not sure what the stuff goes for.

Thanks,
Seege

LadyFisher · January 31, 2006, 2:31am

One of our new Sponsors, (I hope to have them up in the next couple of days) does have legal polar bear. [url=http://www.bearlodgeangler.com:71ea3]http://www.bearlodgeangler.com[/url:71ea3]

LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL

bassman · January 31, 2006, 3:44pm

I want to think everyone for their response. John
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I wish you all everlasting flies and tight lines.

FIREMAN · January 31, 2006, 5:43pm

what LF said, thats where I saw it was from that link.

Seege

sunskyhooksnwater · January 31, 2006, 8:20pm

i use em too make 8-12 inch bulltrout streamers. i love yak!!

hikepat · February 1, 2006, 7:25pm

Streamers in place of buck tail. Started to use it last year for Salt water Coho flies.
I was looking at some Yak hair again last night at the bench after reading this at work that day and made a rainbow trout looking fly about 6 inch long from Olive and White Yak hair and lt Pink Lama hair and a just a couple strands of some Purple and Pink Flash. First time I really used the Lama hair. I got it from the swap box last year. The Lama hairs some neat stuff really. I already knew I like to work with the Yak hair.