John, Another option that would be similar to rabbit strips would be pine squirrel strips. Eric Schmeuker (sp?) of Wapsi Fly Company ties a pine strip crawdad that looks great. He says it is awesome for smallmouths. It is tied with a lead dumbbell on the hook (which by the way was invented by his dad). He then ties a strip of pine squirrel out the back on each side as the pincers, with the hide facing out. He then wraps another pine strip around the hook shank and up to and around the lead eyes. I think the pattern is a little bit more complicated than that but not much. The skin on the strip gives a little bit more substance than just fur. I have also seen a pattern by Doug Christian of St. Louis. I think it is on the Ozark Fly Fishers web site and it has tufts of rabbit hair for the pincers. Hope this helps. Bruce Whittle ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fox Tail?
I thought of squirrel tail too, but it will not flow the same as fox tail would. I could use rabbit strips I bet. john
