moose is a good floater but is coarse with a large diameter. --- Wes Wada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob VanAmburg wrote: > > > My experience is that Caribou floats the best, > followed by Deer, with > > Elk a distant third. �Antelope floats better than > elk but not as well > > as good deer hair. > > Thanks to all for the excellent info. The URL Allan > Fish supplied led > to a marvelous resource about use of hairs in fly > tying. > > <http://www.globalflyfisher.com/staff/helm/selecting/index.html> > > It is as comprehensive as everything else in the > wonderful Global > Flyfisher site. > > I was particularly interested in evaluating my > growing collection of > hair, especially a generously sized pelt of Caribou/ > Reindeer hair > received in the recent materials swap so ably put > together by Eddie > Dillon. > > The Caribou came from across the pond, so we will be > discrete about > names here, but I was fascinated by the fineness of > Caribou hair, it's > really remarkable stuff. Thank you GC. > > Now to have another lister say he ranks Caribou in > general as the #1 > floater is really a bonus. (At least he didn't say > the stuff sinks like > a brick). I can see uses for Caribou in several > favorite patterns, > and this provides the impetus to devote time to > tying with this new > material, with odds that good patterns will be even > better. > > Again thanks to all for your responses. > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > > "Those who would stop to save the village idiot are > all saints."
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