No, I just have some hair that was brushed off of her. She was like family, a number of the list members that have been here knew Chiki. Tony --- Reuven Segal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't tell me you stuffed the Chihuahua too! > > ______________________________________________ > Reuven Segal > > B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year > B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and > Management) > RMIT University > > 5/11 Rockbrook Road, > East St. Kilda, 3183 > Melbourne, Victoria > Australia > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mobile: 0422 266798 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Anthony Spezio > Sent: Monday, 1 January 2007 4:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Now Hares Ear? > > > I have used brushed hair from my Chihuahua. It is > real > spikey. She is gone now but I still have some saved. > Tony > --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mart, > > Of all of the furs I've tried for hare's ears, I > > like the grey squirrel body > > hair (very top part) the best. It's really > spikey, > > rope-dubs very well*, > > and like others have found, it doesn't seem to > > matter if it's ribbed or not. > > Nice part is , it takes between a minute or two > per > > fly to tie. I use > > bead-heads and skip the lead body-weight. I do > have > > one version that works > > well for me and that's tying a few strands of > > pheasant tail to the tail end, > > along with a wire ribbing. After the tail is > roped, > > this pheasant is > > brought forward and tied down, then the ribbing is > > applied. Makes a > > two-tone very segmented tail. THen the rest of > the > > fly is normal, although > > sometimes I throw in a couple of white rubber legs > > as a 'let's see' option. > > > > It does 'shed' a bit, guard hairs making their > > escape, but blending with a > > little rabbit (20%) helps it hold together and > dyed > > rabbit can give it some > > shades. > > > > DonO > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Westbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 1:28 AM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Now Hares Ear? > > > > > > > Hi Jimi > > > Grey squirrel is a nice sub > > > Mart > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:18 AM > > > Subject: [VFB] Now Hares Ear? > > > > > > > > > > Now the question. I don't have any Hares Mask > to > > make a real Hare Ear. > > > > Anyone know of a suitable substitute, or color > > that will work? > > > > Jimi > > > > > > > > The size I tie and use the most (and therefore > > have the best results > > with) > > > > is 14, size 12 would be next. But I tie them > and > > use sizes 10-18. > > > > > > > > The pattern I follow is the one in Dave > Hughes' > > book "Essential Trout > > > > Flies." But then, for some reason (senior > > moments) I forget to tie in > > the > > > > gold ribbing on about half of them. Those seem > > to work just as well. > > > > (Which > > > > is further proof of what's said in the quote, > I > > suppose.) :-) > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.0/610 > - > > Release Date: 12/30/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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