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Suitable for
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| Caribou
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Probabaly the best hair for Irresitables. Generally a short somewhat short hair, white to gray in color.
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| Moose body
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Very stiff, not suited for spinning. Makes excellent tails on dries, feelers for nymphs. Runs from very short to long
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| Moose mane
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Very long (3-8"), not suitable for spinning. By wrapping a black and a white hair, this hair makes beautiful mosquito bodies. Just soak in water before using. Also useful for long tails.
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| Mule deer
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Excellent spinning hair. Ends to be a little shorter than whitetail hair, also is not always straight. Very light gray to off white in color. Suitable for to dyeing.
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| Texas Whitetail
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Very fine texture, short to medium in length, excellent for Comparaduns, tails. Dark to light in color.
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| Coastal deer
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A little heavier than Texas Whitetail but not suitable for spinning. Excellent for tails, Comparaduns, wings.
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| Antelope
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An excellent spinning hair but susceptible to breaking under modest thread pressure. Soak in water before using - this will reduce breaking hair. Rocky Mountain Dubbing uses a process which eliminates the breaking problem. Excellen for dyeing.
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| Sitka Whitetail
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Similar to northern whitetail, but with more distinctive markings. Good for muddlers, hoppers, caddis and hair bugs.
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| Elk
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Tends to be very dense, will vary in length form very short to extremely long (3-4"). Cow elk rump hair is excellent for spinning. Bull elk rump tends to be a little stiffer. Short hair (3/4-1") is excellent for elk hair caddis. Because the hair can vary so much on any given hide, close inspection is necessary to determine the uses for any particular piece of hair.
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| Dall sheep
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A very dense, white hair that is similar to caribou in texture, sof but spins well. Best suited for small spun dry fly bodies.
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| Impala
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A very fine, short hair suited for tails on dry flies from size 16 and smaller. Hard to find, usually stocked by Orvis.
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Submitted September 30th 2007
was wondering if you have any tips on bleaching and dying caribou hair, reciepies for dye baths etc. Have been trying to find fluorecent blue