Off the wall hairs....

[Bigskyfisherman]

The wife is holding some of the fish we were catching. The pics are of some of the places that we fished.

[Fishaholic_Jim]

Whereabouts in Montana? My brother lives near Great Falls and I've fished Lake Hauser

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[Bigskyfisherman]

In the Dillon area (SW corner of MT). The rivers are the Big Hole and Beaverhead. The lakes are (from top to bottom) Tub, Reservoir,Tub, and Clark Canyon. We also fish a lot of other lakes in the area. We used to fish Hauser, Canyon Ferry, Helena Regulating Reservoir, and Holter fairly often when we lived in Helena. The best spot on Hauser was an underwater ridge where the arm from the Causeway enters the lake. I knew a couple of scuba divers who placed old mattress springs on the ridge and collected quite a few lures and pop gear that trollers lost to the springs.

[skiptomylu]

Really nice pictures, thanks for sharing them! I kind of see the flies and talking us through that at lest gives me an idea of our topic!

Skip

[drfish]

I have used all of the hair that has been posted, but I have one that no on said the have used, skunk hair! Ties like cat hair.

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

Dog hair works but can be messy since it isn't held together by skin. I've made jigs from my little Yorkshire terrier and my son's white shepherd and they do catch fish. Coyote is the closest you can get to dogs and have the skin on it. I'm sure that any hair tied on a jig will catch fish, some are just a lot better. Never tried skunk but I'm sure you can find some on the internet.

[Fishaholic_Jim]

In the Dillon area (SW corner of MT). The rivers are the Big Hole and Beaverhead. The lakes are (from top to bottom) Tub, Reservoir,Tub, and Clark Canyon. We also fish a lot of other lakes in the area. We used to fish Hauser, Canyon Ferry, Helena Regulating Reservoir, and Holter fairly often when we lived in Helena. The best spot on Hauser was an underwater ridge where the arm from the Causeway enters the lake. I knew a couple of scuba divers who placed old mattress springs on the ridge and collected quite a few lures and pop gear that trollers lost to the springs.

Holter lake is the one I meant. Beautiful place and it was so peaceful.that's where this rainbow was caught.

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[Yak Fish]

When I was 7 (50 years ago) my father taught me to comb the cat, then rub beeswax on the thread and twist the cat fur around the thread & wrap the body with it. The finished product isn't very pretty, but fish will eat it.

Jim