I myself use different types of fur in a dubbing loop. Packing it as I go as if it was deer hair. When trimmed this will give you a body that lives & breathes in the water. Very effective I use this method to tie my favorite streamer the Strymph, a very deadly pattern.
Bob H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] wool bodies > James & Jamieson - > > I use Arctic Sheep Wool for streamers. In fact, sometimes it is labeled as > "Streamer Hair". > > I suppose you could spin it, but Lambs Wool is really what you want for the > type of fly you mention in your post. > > If you want a good pictoral tutorial, go to Robert Morger's website. The > URL is http://www.wwjournal.com . He has a good tutorial there on spinning > and stacking wool. > > Let me know if I can help further. > > - Gary > > At 09:38 PM 01/24/2002, you wrote: > > >Tony, > > > > I don't spin deer hair, or wool. But I was wondering if you can > > use Arctic Sheep Wool to spin? > > > > Thanks, Jamieson > > > > >From: Tony Spezio > > >Reply-To: > > >To: > > >Subject: Re: [VFB] wool bodies > > >Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 21:25:31 -0600 > > > > > >Use the wool as you would use deer hair. Spin it or stack it then pack > > it. An > > >example of a spun wool Salamander can be seen on Bill Pitts > > >site.http://www.datacomputer.com > > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >James Matthews wrote: > > > > > > > I want to learn how to tie trimmed wool bodied bass bugs, does > > anybody have > > > > suggestions on how to learn or purchase good wool, I have 2 different > > > > patches already, I have no clue how to tie with wool like a stacked body > > > > trimmed fly. > > > > thanks, > > > > James > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > > > >---------- > >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ><)))}"< <"{(((>< > > "Catch & Release...It's the future of fishing!" > > To subscribe to, Texas Warmwater Fly Fishing e-mail discussion list... > > Send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to, Warmwater Angler e-mail discussion list... > > Send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------- > >
