Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

With hunting season upon us, I have a few extra tails and a fair amount
of hair. Does anyone need any? If you want it "au natural," it's
free...if you want me to process it for you, it's $1000.00USD a tail and
$1000.00 a sq, in. - IOW, it's free, you process it. I'll freeze and
microwave it to kill (hopefully) any critters, but you'll need to bone
out the tails and tan the hide. Actually, if I have the time and
inclination, I might split and bone the tails _only_ while I'm doing my
own, but please do not expect it.

Let me know via email,
R

Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

On Dec 8, 6:35*am, wrote:
With hunting season upon us, I have a few extra tails and a fair amount
of hair. *Does anyone need any? *If you want it "au natural," it's
free...if you want me to process it for you, it's $1000.00USD a tail and
$1000.00 a sq, in. - IOW, it's free, you process it. *I'll freeze and
microwave it to kill (hopefully) any critters, but you'll need to bone
out the tails and tan the hide. *Actually, if I have the time and
inclination, I might split and bone the tails _only_ while I'm doing my
own, but please do not expect it.

Let me know via email,
R

Ditto. I have some mountain beaver (cured) trapped in the Olympic
Mtns . . . if anyone wants a patch let me know and I will send after
Xmas.

Dave

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"DaveS" wrote



Ditto. I have some mountain beaver (cured) trapped in the Olympic
Mtns . . .

I learned a lot about Beavers this summer as I fished Poindexter Slough.
It is a lovely spring creeky few miles of water that is suffering badly from
the effects of their damn damming ( and dewatering and ag- silt from locals
that don't give a **** ). In an area with the Beaverhead bringing in
billions of anglers to play bumper boat fly fishers and the Big Hole doing
likewise, Poindexter seems to have few local friends even though it has the
potential to equal Silver Creek or the Paradise Valley creeks in quality. I
tried to get the local fly shops interested in starting a "Friends of
Poindexter" organization, would do so myself if I felt I could effectively
from such a distance.



TIE more flies with Beaver fur ... buy the fur from Dillion, Mt. trappers
!!! g

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"ROFFIAN and proud of it" wrote



TIE more flies with Beaver fur ... buy the fur from Dillion, Mt. trappers
!!! g


opps, I changed my 'name' for a crank post I decided against making and
forgot to change it back to the real me G

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"DaveS" wrote in message
...

Ditto. I have some mountain beaver (cured) trapped in the Olympic
Mtns . . . if anyone wants a patch let me know and I will send after
Xmas.

Dave

Dave,
Is that Mountain Beaver as in Boomer (Aplodontia rufa) or Beaver as in Bucky
Beaver (Castor canadensis). I'm sure that most roffians (ala Larry's
response), or most people not from West of the Cascades in OR, WA or BC,
assume you are talking about the latter beast and have no idea what a
Mountain Beaver (aka locally as Boomer) is. If you are talking about Boomer
skins, I'd like a patch. I have plenty of Beaver patches.

Bob Weinberger


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"Larry L" wrote in message
...

"ROFFIAN and proud of it" wrote



TIE more flies with Beaver fur ... buy the fur from Dillion, Mt. trappers
!!! g


opps, I changed my 'name' for a crank post I decided against making and
forgot to change it back to the real me G


I was going to post to that other fellow and ask if he knew you.......g
Tom

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On Dec 9, 2:16*pm, "ROFFIAN and proud of it"
wrote:
"DaveS" wrote

Ditto. I have some mountain beaver (cured) trapped in the Olympic
Mtns . . .

I learned a lot about Beavers this summer as I fished Poindexter Slough.
It is a lovely spring creeky few miles of water that is suffering badly from
the effects of their damn damming ( and dewatering and ag- silt from locals
that don't give a **** ). * *In an area with the Beaverhead bringing in
billions of anglers to play bumper boat fly fishers and the Big Hole doing
likewise, Poindexter seems to have few local friends even though it has the
potential to equal Silver Creek or the Paradise Valley creeks in quality. *I
tried to get the local fly shops interested in starting a "Friends of
Poindexter" organization, would do so myself if I felt I could effectively
from such a distance.

TIE more flies with Beaver fur ... buy the fur from Dillion, Mt. trappers
!!! g

A good friend of mine in MA spends a few weeks each year fishing
Poindexter. He began fishing it with his father many years ago. I have
seen many pictures, and it looks like a great place to fish. He has
mentioned the problems there as well. His first name is Marty, in case
you might have run into him.

Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

"george9219" wrote

A good friend of mine in MA spends a few weeks each year fishing
Poindexter. He began fishing it with his father many years ago. I have
seen many pictures, and it looks like a great place to fish. He has
mentioned the problems there as well. His first name is Marty, in case
you might have run into him.




Here's my week there last summer ( I fished other places too ;-)

http://www.kimshew.com/flyfish/displ...php?log_id=339


One thing I noticed was that ALL the people I ran into fishing the creek
were from ' far, far, away' .... none locals ... they float the Beaverhead,
literally bow to stern at times so one could walk from boat to bobber to
boat This was my second trip to Dillion, the first about 5 years ago.
Poindexter had gone way down hill in that 5 years ( mostly all years of near
record drought, I should add ) but it could be a truly world class dry fly
fishery. Sadly, the fly shops all treat it with little respect since their
big "Hire a fi$h pimp and hi$ boat from u$" income lies elsewhere and
Poindexter only appeals to real anglers not the boat and bobber set G

Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

"Larry L" wrote

Here's my week there last summer ( I fished other places too ;-)

http://www.kimshew.com/flyfish/displ...php?log_id=339




For the buginterested out there ... I later decided that the tiny 'Tricos'
mentioned were actually probably Caenis hatching from nearby standing water
areas apparently dug out to provide earth for overpasses. The Spinners
were falling on the creek but I'm nearly certain they weren't being hatched
there and, as mentioned, were Caenis not Tricos

I never got around to changing my report after collecting some samples and
comparing them to my traveling collection of entomology references .... I
tap out the report each day ( well most, some never make it ) on my laptop
but almost never go back and edit for badly grammar, wrong speilling or bug
errors

Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

On Dec 9, 6:40*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
"george9219" wrote

A good friend of mine in MA spends a few weeks each year fishing
Poindexter. He began fishing it with his father many years ago. I have
seen many pictures, and it looks like a great place to fish. He has
mentioned the problems there as well. His first name is Marty, in case
you might have run into him.

Here's my week there last summer *( I fished other places too ;-)

http://www.kimshew.com/flyfish/displ...php?log_id=339

One thing I noticed was that ALL the people I ran into fishing the creek
were from ' far, far, away' *.... none locals ... they float the Beaverhead,
literally bow to stern at times so one could walk from boat to bobber to
boat * * *This was my second trip to Dillion, the first about 5 years ago.
Poindexter had gone way down hill in that 5 years ( mostly all years of near
record drought, I should add ) but it could be a truly world class dry fly
fishery. * Sadly, the fly shops all treat it with little respect since their
big *"Hire a fi$h pimp and hi$ boat from u$" income lies elsewhere and
Poindexter only appeals to real anglers not the boat and bobber set G

Marty is about as real as they come. His passion is dry fly fishing,
and he mainly fishes "The Slough" during the PMD hatch. He does fish
other streams in the area, but The Slough is by far his favorite.

Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

wrote in message
...
With hunting season upon us, I have a few extra tails and a fair amount
of hair. Does anyone need any? If you want it "au natural," it's
free...if you want me to process it for you, it's $1000.00USD a tail and
$1000.00 a sq, in. - IOW, it's free, you process it. I'll freeze and
microwave it to kill (hopefully) any critters, but you'll need to bone
out the tails and tan the hide. Actually, if I have the time and
inclination, I might split and bone the tails _only_ while I'm doing my
own, but please do not expect it.

Let me know via email,
R

You may be in violation of some laws if you ship the tail with bones. It
may be in the Chronic Wasting Disease illegal transfer material. Can not
send brain material or any spinal material.

Any ROFFians need bucktail or deer hair?
 

"Bob Weinberger" wrote


Is that Mountain Beaver as in Boomer (Aplodontia rufa) or Beaver as in
Bucky Beaver (Castor canadensis). I'm sure that most roffians (ala Larry's
response), or most people not from West of the Cascades in OR, WA or BC,
assume you are talking about the latter beast and have no idea what a
Mountain Beaver (aka locally as Boomer) is. If you are talking about
Boomer skins, I'd like a patch. I have plenty of Beaver patches.




Having just googled Aplodontia rufa I see I certainly didn't know what a
'Mountain Beaver' is ...

Is trapping and tying with the cute little rodent legal? What is the fur
like? lots of guard hair, little, color ranges, etc etc

ignorant, but inquiring, minds want to know

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On Dec 10, 10:07*am, "Larry L" wrote:

I'll try.
I don't think they are protected. In fact they are considered a pest
in most areas here because they go after tree seedlings. But then so
does Buckey, as the Ponderosa seedlings on my place in Dayton attest.
I am not the best source on the tying Q's as some can affirm :-)
but . . .

Its kind of a cross between muskrat and squirrel. I use it for dubbing
my crude little nymphs. Fair amount of guard hair. Belly from whitish
to light grey/Brown. Back dark brown and grey. Very buggy. Easy to
pick out.

I got it from an old guy up on the Olympic peninsula, and I will never
use it up so . . . .

Dave

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"DaveS" wrote


I got it from an old guy up on the Olympic peninsula, and I will never
use it up so . . . .

Dave



I have several similar items .... a full Muskrat skin, a full Fox Squirrel
skin, several full Hare's masks .... I could go on ....

several times the amount I can possibly use

One of my most used flies is a Trusty Musky ... aka Muskrat and Partridge
..... I tie them 2 or three dozen at a time, several times a year ( I make no
effort to prolong their lives, often tossing rather than drying and
reusing ) .. At the current rate I use about 1.6372 sq inch of Muskrat /
year .... how many years will a whole skin last ??? G