BilletHead

I never got into stretching and drying my catches. Just sold them to the traveling fur buyer or too them to Collins. My alum salt was used only to do a tan on squirrel when I was younger just for fun. I sent in well over a hundred tails to mepps a couple years ago. I may be getting closer to that amount salted up for selling after season ends in February. Some pictures of some squirrel hides. The last little piece of alum/salt tanned, VID_20250528_175656187.mp4 The rest are just fleshed and stretched and dried. Think rawhide with the hair on. I have already scraped bags of fox squirrel and grey squirrel backs. Also belly fur from both. The hides will last forever if kept from critters and dry. You are right I could probably pawn off some but I don't want a job. Also if I remember right the first fox squirrel nymphs did not use the slf or antron mixes. The fox squirrel belly was mixed with the back fur.😄

Chicks dig scars. I have heard that.

I will get you some pictures of what I have done with some hides. I can tell you I have just one half of a big fox squirrel that I couldn't use up at my tying pace for the rest of my life. Some were done with salt a alum and some stretched and dried. Fleshing is the worst part. Time consuming and a pain in the rear. I will post some pictures when I get home. This reminds me I owe @Ham some fox squirrel.

Yes we do 😁. VID_20250527_122353111.mp4

Saturday squirrel season started. I did not start then too much other stuff to do. However yesterday and today myself and the Air rifle got with the program. There will be a Dutch oven of squirrel aurora getting happy this afternoon.

There are 18 now in the small fly box. Six natural hairs mask with some tan antron mixed in with the pink head, six with same mix with a nickel head. Six more will nickel head with a mix of purple pine squirrel and purple antron. All on a Fulling Mill jig hook size 18. Might be a spell before we can try them because of the high water. Note mine are more like the Mad Rabbit fly having a rib and brushed out with more of a halo effect.

The last few days rain event has ramped down up here. 2.75 inches is our total in the BilletHead's yard. I'm not going to complain one way or another. Our ground needed it coming off of a three-year summer drought. too many places did get too much too fast. It will be interesting how the corps of engineers deal with it.

She thanks you.

Se is laughing out loud over this.

Me neither.

We wish we had of known and could have talked you into selling. I sent you a text by phone. Did you get it?

I get that, it is like multi tasking. I can only do so many things at once. Takes practice.

Pat is the proud owner of a renzetti traveler. Of course I get to try it out when she lets me.😆,

They might! We would invest a five-dollar bill for each of you. Gosh if you could get a five from each member, I think you could go in luxury. Go ahead Dave start a go fund page on here for the team 😃.

@Ham and @FishnDave, Road trip for team OAF multi species flyfishers? All Fins In - Central PA Fly Fishing Grand Prix 2025 — TCO Fly Shop

You are the essential fisher of all fishes.

What brand of beer did you catch it on?

Good for you Les! I am glad someone got this deal. I actually thought that some of the micro fishers would jump on this deal. They could use it for a live well to keep them fresh until they got home to clean their catch. 😁

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Where's Waldo?

Ouchee Glen, Good luck.

Ours made it today.

Our son BilletHead junior got us tickets to today's day game. VID_20250514_110114565.mp4 It really wasn't that boring 😂. This guy thought so 😜.

What is the story ?

This is so neat Phil! Congrats and Thanks for sharing.