"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
...
I bought some racoon tails a long time ago for cheap, thinking surely there
was a pattern that used racoon tail. I've not yet found any - can anyone
name some? I've used it a little as a substitute material, but everything
I've done with it so far has seemed...not quite right.


From Jack Gartside

Tarpon Spey

Hook: M34006, Daiichi 2546 (or similar): sizes 2/0 - 2

Thread: 6/0 Danville's orange

Body: Mottled orange/black or plain tan chenille

Hackle: Pheasant rump feather palmered over body (tie in at tip and wind
forward so that you end up with some of the soft downy fiber up near eye)

Wing: Natural tannish raccoon hair (from tail or body) tied in so that tips
extend just a little beyond bend of hook Head: Orange