Squirrel Tail

[kobalt335]

I shot a big squirrel a few weeks ago and decided to keep the tail. I have never used it before was wonder what kind of patterns can be tied with it.

 

[Jeff3]

Picket Pin.

 

[kobalt335]

Jeff3 wrote:
Picket Pin.

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked it up and it looks like a very easy yet effective fly. I plan on fishing wet flies this year, so this one will earn a spot in my box.

 

[GenCon]

It also make some nice streamers. I use to tie a streamer with a body like a black nosed dace. Red wool butt, silver embossed tinsel body, squirrel tail wing. Trout and smallies like it.

GenCon

 

[McSneek]

I have a couple nice tails that were given to me by a hunting friend several years ago. I mostly use sparse amounts for the underwing on Muddlers. At the rate I'm using them, they will outlast me.

 

[Andreas]

Muddler Minnow

 

[kobalt335]

Thanks for the ideas. Over the weekend if the streams don't drop I'm hoping to sit down and mess with it.

 

[LongLineRelease]

I cut up squirrel tail and the body fur as well for blending into nymph dubbing. key ingredient for limestone shrimp and cress bug dubbing.

 

[nfrechet]

heres some ideas

https://www.google.com/search?q=fly+patterns+using+squirrel+tail&biw=1600&bih=775&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhzevShbHLAhVK4yYKHYV1DnsQ_AUIBigB

red or gray makes great wings on streamers

 

[NPflychucker]

Like everyone else has said, the body fur makes great dubbing and I love the tail for streamers. I make my Black nosed dace like GenCon described. I use fox squirrel for mine but gray would work just as well. Very effective streamer in the right conditions

 

[mike_richardson]

I ran the hides and use them on nymphs. Love grey squirrel and is definitely my favorite material to tie nymphs.

Not sure if it was a fox squirrel or not but some craw patterns use it.

 

[dc410]

mike_richardson wrote:

Not sure if it was a fox squirrel or not but some craw patterns use it.

I like to use fox squirrel tail hair for the claws on my crayfish patterns for carp.