I've been told goat hair is an "acceptable" substitute as it has that shiny look to
it, but nothing can compare to the real deal I'm sure.
Vicki
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From: "Richard Embry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: November 17, 2000 3:49:01 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!
A substitute for polar bear? Sure . . . try polar bear. :-) Seriously,
to me, polar bear is tough to beat, and don't worry about using yours; there
is legal polar bear for sale here in the U.S., in case you run out.
Richard
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From: Pat Bolton/Seattle/IBM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:19 PM
Subject: Unidentified subject!
>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)
>
