SSIA - here it is what do you think? I need to get curved scissors and some flexible razors to get it ever sharper I think. Can’t wait to pitch it to some smallies!!! Never really spun deer hair before. This fly took me about 1.5 hours. Slow but fun.
1720 Key West Sportsman
115 Mercury 4 stroke
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1997 Honda Civic 200k+
My Own 2 Feet
Nice work!! dont worry about head gettin any neater, fish prefer them “chewy”… smallmouth? throw it a red!!
Newman
www.gtownkingfisher.com
Yep. That would work on a red just like it is.
Nice job…my first one looked like crap.
Thanks for the support. I guess I wasn’t thinking about reds when I tied it. I’ll have to try it. Working on #2 now.
1720 Key West Sportsman
115 Mercury 4 stroke
-or-
1997 Honda Civic 200k+
My Own 2 Feet
I second the nice job! My first hair packin/spinnin effort was way uglier!
Also like already mentioned there is no need to make them look production quality. I like em spun pretty sparse so they don’t sit right on top of the water…sliding right under the surface film is deadly.
Looks better than my first one…
Awsome tie. I have never been good a spinning deer hair. The smallies and big browns at night would eat that up here in east tn.
antelope is much easier/more buoyant, but you can cut it if you pull too tight. i like to spin/stack but it does take time. that looks good. any more finish would only be for humans.
he’s pretty white for a fly guy
flys/lures are meant to catch the fishermen first, then the fish.
Yeah, I’ve already discovered that not all deer hair is great for spinning. My chart. bucktail sucks! I need to find a good source for stiff, coarse deer hair dyed in a bunch of good colors. Anyone know a good company that sells deer hair specifically for spinning.
…I know I could probably look around and find a good source but some tyers out there might be able to save me the time and money and just point me in the right direction…
1720 Key West Sportsman
115 Mercury 4 stroke
-or-
1997 Honda Civic 200k+
My Own 2 Feet
Great job for your first. I’ve been spinning deer hair for as long as I’ve been tying. Very fun, but it does take awhile. Nothing makes a sound like a deer hair bug though.
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