Sunday, August 2, 2009

Big Score

The other day my wife came through huge and scored an awesome collection of fly tying supplies at an estate sale across town. The supplies, I presume, came from an old man that had recently past away and that was his hobby. He had it all including two parts containers full of sorted and labeled feathers, tails, heads, beads, furs, you name it. Now I can tie flies the way they are supposed to be tied and not just compromising. It even came with multiple full capes (grizzly, dun, ginger, black, white), a full pheasant, and even Polar Bear Fur. I have no clue what to tie with the Polar bear fur, if you do let me know. Anyway I'm totally stoked and it was like Christmas in July! Off to tie some up!

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Polar Bear Fur?
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4 comments:

  1. Sierra AnglersAugust 3, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    Hey Daniel, Thanks for the mention! On those materials, carefully inspect EVERY bag to make sure there are NO insect larva in them. They can quickly make all of natural fibers ( hair, dubbing, feathers, etc. ) worthless. If you discover any larva, you should bag all of the materials ( out of their ziplocks ) and use an insecticide. Moth balls do not kill insects. Great score! PS Fishair is a synthetic polar bear hair imitation.

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  2. Buzz NatzkeAugust 6, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    All of the fly recipes I have ever seen that call for Polar Bear fur use it as a wing or tail material. Mostly salmon flies...

    Great blog, can't wait to see more.


    Buzz

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  3. Buzz NatzkeAugust 6, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    PS: If you can't figure out what to use the Polar Bear for, just bring it to the club meeting on Tuesday and I will take it off your hands! :-)

    Buzz

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  4. Daniel ByrneAugust 13, 2009 at 11:48 PM

    Thanks Buzz. Bob has told me that the polar bear fur is most likely a synthetic.

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