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On 1-jul-04, at 1:38, Desert Eagle wrote:
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My friend Cliff found this fly pattern and sent it to me. However, this one
thing I can not figure out what it is, it is what the body is dubbed with
and is the only line in German I can not figure out from the picture of
recipe. The material is called, Bayerisches Hirsch-Kolben-Haar. Some type of
hair I know, but what? If it is uncommon, is there a substitute?
The 'Kolben' are the antlers of a deer during spring and summer, when there is still skin (velvet) on them. I'm assuming that Bavarian deer (Bayerisches Hirsch) is just the red deer from Bavaria. There are two indigenous deer species in western Europe, red deer and roe deer, and the introduced fallow deer (middle ages). This Bavarian velvet-antler hair suggests that is is the hair FROM the velvet that is meant. Seems a bit outlandish to me.
henk
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