Material Quiz

[SamRiley]

Question 1: What type of pelt is this?

Question 2: What patterns would it work with?

[BuzFly]

Coyoti????
Great Bonefish flies and cool for crabs and flounder

[uncle4]

I'd say it's porcine.

I use it for antenna and the "business" end of
a lot of my shrimp patterns.

Uncle 4

[SamRiley]

nope and nope ;)

[Chuckster]

Moose? Looks a little short, but the coloring is similar...

[SamRiley]

nope

Here is a closer shot

[Ray]

Water Yak??????

Ps. Stop biting your nails

[NShoreFly]

Woodchuck? :confused:
Looks like the guard hair used in the tail of the pattern below.

Woody Worm Nymph
http://flytyingworld.com/PagesP/pf-woodywormnymph.htm

[SamRiley]

nope and nope --125-3

As for the Woddy Worm Nymph, notice that the material in question has dark tips, not light as on the fly.

[BIG PAPA]

Looks like Carabou.



Glenn

[Smcdermott]

1. Caribou?

edit, looks like glenn beat me to it.

[SamRiley]

nope :brow

o.k...... here is a hint. Critter is only 20# as an adult.

[Fin Addiction]

Could be badger fur....Used to use it years ago....

[Frankie G]

Otter? not sure if one is even able to take one of them. don't want to get --126-3- 'd out.

[SamRiley]

nope X 2

Here is another view

[Fin Addiction]

Hmmmm....Hair looks hollow so I expect hoofed mammal....Javelina? Peccary?

[NShoreFly]

Sam is your poor dog going to be running around with bald spots this winter?

[Jacob K.]

my back????

[Fin Addiction]

I'll second Javelina again after a closer look....But it was a baby if it weighed 20lbs(#$119)

[BobG]

Is it a fisher?

[Fin Addiction]

hurry up sam!!....cant think outside the box until you tell me I am wrong again

[jmccall]

Beaver? I have no idea what you would use it for

[SamRiley]

We have a winner --127-3-

It's the second coat on our Border Terrier Mugsy. Grows nice and thick in the winter then I strip it off come spring.

[Fin Addiction]

Still think it is Javelina and if so you could use it for stone fly wings and the like

[Fin Addiction]

Should of known....Only a western boy would know what a javelina would look like!:brow

[NShoreFly]

I have been trying to figure out a way to capture the fur from the tail trimming on my golden. I would think the water repellancy of the golden fur would be great for streamers. He has more coat than almost any golden I've seen. The photo below is at 1.5 yrs old and he is now 2.5 and their is much more feathering now.

[Frankie G]

how bout a wascaly wabbit?

[Chuckster]

The infamous Fisher?? ;)

[scruffy_fish]

Don't be afraid of using dog hair. I use wolf for my rusty rats. :brow

I must admit I was going to say ground hog, looked really close to me. I use ground hog on a pattern given to me by a old Marimichi guide some years ago.

[Chuckster]

NShoreFly:

Your Golden looks a lot like my guy Norton (in my profile). I've tied flies with his fur and unless it's the courser hair along the ridgeline, it waterlogs quickly and fouls.

I've used some of the longer feathery fur from his tail and flags, but it saturates quickly. Plus it just plain ****es him off... ;)

[ChemFly]

I used my dogs hair for a fly pattern once...
And she sank like a rock!.. --127-3- :eek:

[Bob Parsons]

I'll second what Chuckster says about the golden's hair. The long hairs fouled very easily.

[Captcastafly]

Shucks!..... Going to say either Spam animal or Chia Pet?

[davidstrout]

Its Porcupine Sillies!!

The Pattern to Tie would have to be Vince Marinaro's Coffin Fly as shown in devestating detail in the most excellent book

A mOdern Dry Fly Code

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