gancho1975
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Does anyone use deer hair for there caddis dries? If so, what kind of success have you had?
Maurice wrote:
With deer hair as was said you want the short version. THis usually equates to a summer coat or coastal deer. Deer coats shed and change over to longer and "celled" follicules. When the thread is pulled tight on these hairs, the cells collapse causing it to flair. With Summer coated northern deer or coastal deer from southern states, you need not worry about this problem.
So if you are using deer harvested in PA...Be sure to shoot them before they gain their winter coats.
Look for the terms Summer or Coastal when Ordering Deer hair for caddis.
Maurice
FarmerDave wrote:
Maurice wrote:
With deer hair as was said you want the short version. THis usually equates to a summer coat or coastal deer. Deer coats shed and change over to longer and "celled" follicules. When the thread is pulled tight on these hairs, the cells collapse causing it to flair. With Summer coated northern deer or coastal deer from southern states, you need not worry about this problem.
So if you are using deer harvested in PA...Be sure to shoot them before they gain their winter coats.
Look for the terms Summer or Coastal when Ordering Deer hair for caddis.
Maurice
Or you could use roadkill. They are in their summer coat right now. :-D
Maurice wrote:
FarmerDave wrote:
Maurice wrote:
With deer hair as was said you want the short version. THis usually equates to a summer coat or coastal deer. Deer coats shed and change over to longer and "celled" follicules. When the thread is pulled tight on these hairs, the cells collapse causing it to flair. With Summer coated northern deer or coastal deer from southern states, you need not worry about this problem.
So if you are using deer harvested in PA...Be sure to shoot them before they gain their winter coats.
Look for the terms Summer or Coastal when Ordering Deer hair for caddis.
Maurice
Or you could use roadkill. They are in their summer coat right now. :-D
Yes but you have to get to them quick...cutting the straps off a bloated deer can get rather repulsive should you puncture the cavity. Boo-whuhhhhh....... :-o
gancho1975 wrote:
Does anyone use deer hair for there caddis dries? If so, what kind of success have you had?