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Post by Matt Reger on Jan 9, 2011 19:09:58 GMT -5
I was wondering what patterns can be tied with yellow kid goat hair?
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Post by Michael Hartman on Jan 9, 2011 19:20:04 GMT -5
blip.tv/file/1779668/I had to google it, i never even knew goat hair was used for flies... I guess you could tie a yellow goat leech?
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Post by Adirondackflytyer on Jan 9, 2011 21:16:13 GMT -5
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Post by Nick Pionessa on Jan 10, 2011 8:13:58 GMT -5
yeah the mickey finn would be my choice, you just need some red. the funny thing is that yellow kid goat is always the hardest to find. that hair in general is harder and harder to get in longer lengths. for some reason hareline never had yellow in the lineup.
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Post by NickConwall on Jan 10, 2011 14:53:24 GMT -5
I don't mean to hijack this thread & apologize for veering off the path but your question on goat hair made me remember an article I read on how the Tup's Indispensable was tied with the fur from a sheep's tender bits...( i got sheep & goats mixed up). That led me to these pictures where it looks like the leader is tied right into the fly itself so instead of snipping off a fly & tying on a new one they would just switch out the loop-to-loop leader. Has anyone ever heard of or done this or am I just looking at the picture wrong? The pics along with some history are from this website: www.kossiedun.com.au/TupsIndispensable.htm
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Post by AdamWellington on Jan 10, 2011 15:13:26 GMT -5
Yeah, I think those flies were tied on blind eye hooks and has a gut leader snelled to the hook before the fly is tied on it. I have seen a few pictures of really old flies with the gut leaders permanently attached to the fly. Not really sure why they did it like that though. Were they unable to make eyes on the old hooks? Was the gut not suitable for tying knots?
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