Coon tail?

[MCG1]

Anyone use coon tail for tying jigs or flies? I have one that is kinda tan between chocolate brown bars.

[tlefire]

I do. Use a dog brush to comb out the under fur, makes good dubbing.

[fish_4_any]

Love it for tying. Make a nice bushy tail for a wider profile.

[skiptomylu]

In have tied some for a guy a long time ago now, probably 12 years ago and he told me that is all he uses. I much prefer Rabbit or Fox over Raccoon.

As far as underfur most everyone at some point has had one of the little combs for a mustache and that works great to get underfur out for me. Of course there are also tools made for that, lol!

Skip

[MCG1]

Thanks for the tips on using the under fur for dubbing. I got around to tying up a couple jigs and using the long hairs for tails, then remembered the tips about dubbing. I pulled out some of that under fur and dubbed one of the bodies. Worked great! I'm going to use it on some trout flies too.