Who uses their squirrel or rabbit harvests for fly tying/lure making material?

[philos]

Any of you guys tie your own flies and use small game fur from animals you hunted? I like the concept of catching a fish from a fly self tied with your own harvest.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

I've used feathers from pheasants and ducks for various flies. Here is a pike fly I tied from an Abert's Squirrel tail.

 

[philos]

Nice! I‘ll bet that would work for stripers down here.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

Probably! If I ever catch anything with it I'll try to remember to post it here.

 

[Larry Bartlett]

Definitely consider animals with hollow hair

 

[rashtack]

I've saved a few squirrel and rabbit pelts to tie with. They are pretty easy to tan with alum and salt.

 

[jasonhul]

Only pheasant tails. Lots of fish caught off those.


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[Yoteassasin]

We used to sell / trade squirrel tails to mepps for lures . It was like 100 for a small assortment box back in the day . The pellet gun got some work off the back of the agr house

 

[Windigo]

Grouse wet hackles with Australian shepherd undercoat as dubbing has been my go to. No shortage of dog fluff!

 

[Rich M]

Hare’s ear nymph…

I used to shoot starlings to get feathers off em for tying these hornberg type flies we slayed trout on.

 

[Ferrulewax]

Rubber leg squirrel nymphs are a killer pattern around here.

 

[Rich M]

We used to sell / trade squirrel tails to mepps for lures . It was like 100 for a small assortment box back in the day . The pellet gun got some work off the back of the agr house

I remember that - never did it but remember the option.

 

[Jeremyc_1999]

I've used pheasant tails, turkey feathers, cat hair ( I was in college and poor ok) and when I was younger any bird that would succumb to my pellet gun.

 

[FLATHEAD]

We used to sell / trade squirrel tails to mepps for lures . It was like 100 for a small assortment box back in the day . The pellet gun got some work off the back of the agr house

I remember selling a few to Mepp's, but never got any lures.
Wish I knew how many I killed with that old Crosman Pellet rifle.

 

[stanginthe11s]

back when I had patients, I used fur/feathers from all the game I shot. deer hair for the bass flies, buck tails for the stripers etc. never used cat and never thought about starling, guess you could use anything though.