Off the wall hairs....

[Fishaholic_Jim]

There are the common hairs being used for tying but who out there has used oddball hairs and what we're they? A friend gave me a shoulder section from a wild boar which has of course has some pretty long coarse hairs. On the way home there was a fresh coyote in the middle of the road and it got me to thinking...how good would the yote hairs and boar hairs work. What else is out there to use?

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[Fishaholic_Jim]

This is the boar hair

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[DockShootinJack]

I have been thinking of a yoke tail also. Just have to find a fresh one.

[Fishaholic_Jim]

I was gonna grab the one today cause it looked pretty fresh but it was on a blind curve so had to let it go

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[skiptomylu]

I have some coyote and is good stuff actually. I have Polar Bear, Fox, Australian Possum and American Possum, Rabbit (also Bunnybou strips), Regular Squirrel, Pine Squirrel Zonkers, Mink strips, Elk, Deer, Moose, Badger, Finnish Racoon and probably a couple others I am not thinking about. Oh yeah Temple Dog I got before it became a bad thing to buy due to the way they were being treated I think maybe in China?? Once they started using this hair people started trying to take advantage and became not the thing to buy!

Also know you better treat that hide if you happen on a fresh kill like that. Make sure to do the things you need to on that hide.

Skip

[Cane Pole]

My question,which you probably heard before, "what difference does it make"? I sure dunno.

[skiptomylu]

My question,which you probably heard before, "what difference does it make"? I sure dunno.

Well there are some fly patterns that call for a specific type of hair, like the Elk Hair Caddis for example, but I think it has more to do with the type of hair for what you want. Some is more stiff and gives less action, but some is soft like rabbit and is more like marabou in the water. Also consider some hair is hollow and some not so there is a buoyancy difference and an action difference and each can be a big positive or negative depending on the circumstance. So even though it's all hair there is a difference in them that will make a difference.

Skip

[Fishaholic_Jim]

Thanks Skip that's what I was wondering. I assume it comes down to testing each one for its properties and action to determine where it would work best.

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[skiptomylu]

Thanks Skip that's what I was wondering. I assume it comes down to testing each one for its properties and action to determine where it would work best.

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Your welcome!

Well most of them you can just tell, like Rabbit and fur like that is soft and will have a lot of action. Deer, Elk and such is hollow and will float or give buoyancy to your bug. Of course stiff hair is not going to have a lot of action, but yes testing is the key, but you can just figure out which ones will do what.

I would imagine hog hair being so stiff may be good in cold water as they don't want to chase anything then and looking for an easy meal. Same can be said for Kip Tail as it's mostly short hair and even though it's not as stiff as some it works well in a lot of water conditions, but I still lean more to cool water for that. That is just me though as many use hair all the time, like deer hair aka buck tails and also Kip Tail (Calf tails). LOL I didn't mention them above, but I have a lot of them as well.

Skip

[Fishaholic_Jim]

So much to learn and so many materials to order...lol

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