Hey Justin,
just found this online.....kinda far away but if you cant find it maybe
it is worth a try.
http://www.lax-a.is/shop/polarbear.htm
Justin Teegarden wrote:
> Pat, Where did you get the Polar Bear Hair? That stuff makes the best streamers
>around. It has some weird Characteristic that makes fish hit it more than any other
>material out there. This of course Is what Trophy Gerard Rainbow fisherman have
>always told me. I can't seem to find any of the stuff. I went to Canada to find
>some at the fly shops. They tied with it, but wouldn't sell me any. IF you have a
>source for it let me know, I would love to get my hands on some.
>
> Justin
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:52:41 -0800 Pat Bolton/Seattle/IBM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the pix, Justin. And thks for the flies, guys! Ray...question on
>> your spey style carey...hackle of the one I got is "multi-length" with the
>> longest fibers about 1.5 to 1.75 X shank, and slightly barred. I've been
>> looking at spey hackle options (want to tie some of the McNeese, Chinn,
>> style speys). Can you tell me specifically what you used for the "dark
>> version"? I've read about burning the hackle with bleach to get the fuzzy
>> stuff (Deke Meyer's book on steelhead talks about doing this with
>> heron...which I think is something no one's supposed to use), but haven't
>> tried it, and wouldn't mind avoiding that process all together if I can
>> find something else with the right movement in the water.
>>
>> Also, any tiers have good recommendations for polar bear? I got a small
>> patch of natural and want to think about it before I take the scissors to
>> it. Any info or sources of ideas, especially on spinning the short hairs
>> for dubbing?
>>
>> On the water front...it's been way too many weeks since I was out, but I'm
>> heading over the the peninsula (Quinnalt area) over the Thanksgiving
>> holiday, any body got any ideas of what might be hot or even some smaller
>> stream action?
>>
>> Pat Bolton (NWF)
>>
>>
>
>
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