gary henderson
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Realizing that most of you folks tie flies for stream and river fishing, and I tie all saltwater flies, the principles for spinning deer hair is exactly the same with exception of the size of the bug. A few important tips must apply.
1). Never wrap the shank of the hook with thread under the area you are going to spin the hair, it will cause the hair to bind and not spin properly.
2). Brush the under-fur out of the base area of the tuft of hair you clip from the skin side of the patch. By not doing so, it will cause the finished fly to absorb water and sink below the film.
3). Install the clump of hair parallel to the hook shank and make two loose wraps over the hair, then draw the thread down slowly as you release the hair, then wrap the thread with increased tightness causing the hair to flare and spin on the bare hook shank.
4). Using a zig-zag motion, work the thread through the hair as to not cause crushing the spun hair. Then pack tightly toward the bend of the hook.
5). After completing step 4, make two half-hitches tightly against the spun clump toward the eye, and secure with a small dot of Sally Hanson’s Hard AsYep, I sure am glad I don’t fish offshore anymore! Jeeze, I can’t imagine…Especially fueling a 48′ Davis Sportfisherman. Feeding the “twins” was bad back then!
I try and fish both coasts, but the way gas prices are sure is hard to slap 65 bucks worth of gas in the pickup and then put 27 more gallons in the skiff. >:(
Hi Carter…I’m in a little town called Deltona, about thrity miles east of the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon. I fly-fish primarily on the flats over here for redfish, trout, snook and tarpon. I ran offshore for 12 years for strike fish (sails, marlin, dolphin, etc) then began guiding on the flats. I’ve since retire from all of the guide and captaining stuff and just fish for fun now. Do a little outdoor writing from time to time.
You?
