A comment on spinning hair. I find that it works MUCH, MUCH better on a hard thread base. I prefer antelope hair over the others. I have a couple of friends who keep BIG rainbows in their private spring-fed ponds. I have access to fish there, which I do occasionally. When we fish in these ponds, the owners will bring out a can full of the fish pellets which these fish have been raised on. This turns the water into a frenzy as the fish slash for the pellets. Granted, this is definitely NOT "fair chase" fishing, but my grandsons really enjoy helping "Poppo" catch the big fish. I will tie a spun-hair pellet on a #10 scud hook and trim and clip it to look just like the fish-food pellets. The trimmed/shaped spun-hair pellet flies match the hatch perfectly on these waters.
Larry J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/31/03 11:59AM >>> Don O That is the video I have. I have yet to watch. LOL So much to do so little time. Everyone has their own style. I took it for granted and probably shouldn't have that most of the tiers here would know that you have to pack deer hair if they know how to spin it. This thread started in reference to stacking deer hair which definatley works better on a thread base. Which I forgot to mention but Mel helped out with. I like it for spinning also and have no trouble packing the deer hair. I think you can pretty much rest assured your duck fly is very special..... :0) Deb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:07 AM > Subject: [VFB] Bare shank for spinning > > > > I'm not much of a hair spinner, but I like the bare shank approach myself. > > But it is definitely not a requirement, as I know Chris Helms likes a > thread > > base. > > To each his own. > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > DonO > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hans Weilenmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:45 AM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] anybody out there? > > > > > > > On 31 Mar 2003 at 7:37, Deborah Duran wrote: > > > > > > > I actually use a thread base for spinning also... > > > > > > I'm with Deb on this. The perceived requirement of having a bare > > > shank to effectively spin deer hair is one of the persistent urban > > > legends of tying. It just does not want to up&go away ;-) > > > > > > If you take a step back and think about it for a moment, you are > > > tying tying down a clump of parallel round sticks. While the > > > innermost ring of strands closest to the shank may benefit from less > > > friction on a bare shank, this will not affect the vast majority of > > > the strands. They will roll and move, relative to their neigbours, as > > > much regardless of the bare or thread-covered center. > > > > > > Just Do It, and the hair will oblige ;-) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Hans W > > > > > > > > > > >
