I will check them out. were these dry flies? The hair seems awfully soft and I suspect it will soak up the water pretty quick, but I have no experience with hair-hackled dries, although I've heard of the technique.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan/Sal Wheaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] badger hair > There was some discussion in the past on "Potts" flies, in which hair was > used to form hackles. Interesting topic. It was not part of the > discussion, but my understanding is that the hair of choice on the > originals was badger. You might want to look into it. > DanW > > >I've got a chunk of badger fur. has anybody got any good patterns for it? It > >looks like it would be great for streamers. Long, soft hair, brown at the > >base, then cream, then on the guard hairs, it goes back to a speckled black > >and white. > > > >I can always invent something, but I was just wondering what other people's > >experience was. > > > >Dan Crowe > >Olympia, WA > >
