Flysmallie Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Wow -- $29 for a hair packer? I haven't tied any of these is a long time, but I just used a Bic pen with the guts removed. But I'm cheap. I can't afford a Bic pen so I just use my fingers.
fishinwrench Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 IMO tightly packed deer hair is only good for art and sucks for actual fishing applications. If it is so tight that it takes forever to dry in the center then it just rusts the hook and the hair rots at the thread. There is foam, cork, ect, if you want a surface bug with a firm body.
BilletHead Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I guess Balsa is in the Etc. category. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
snagged in outlet 3 Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 IMO tightly packed deer hair is only good for art and sucks for actual fishing applications. If it is so tight that it takes forever to dry in the center then it just rusts the hook and the hair rots at the thread. There is foam, cork, ect, if you want a surface bug with a firm body. Di somebody say firm bodies? They're not just for surface bugs anymore. Just sayin. Pete
fishinwrench Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Di somebody say firm bodies? They're not just for surface bugs anymore. Just sayin. Pete They were pimpin' packers. I don't need no stinkin' packer. My hair headed bugs bugs don't float, on purpose.
Greasy B Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Nice Gramps. I struggled with deer hair when tying stimulators. I got real good at it but the ones I tied first that looked all ratty caught the most fish. Pete Yep a disheveled fly always out fishes a new or neat fly, thank goodness or would never get to fish with my own. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
gramps50 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 I can't afford a Bic pen so I just use my fingers. Next time one of mine runs out of ink I will save it for you
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