Thread: Racoon Dog hair
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Old March 9th, 2005, 09:09 PM
Vaughan Hurry
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Osmo Jauhiainen wrote:
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Have a look at http://www.askohamalainen.com/Supikoira-Racoon-Dog.html

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Yeah! This is excatly the species I was talking about! I have seen tw=

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names for it:
racoon dog and raccoon dog. It is one of the predators living here in
Finland.
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More information: http://www.canids.org/SPPACCTS/raccoond.htm
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The hair is in excellent condition at this time of the year, very tight=

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Dark colored grey/brownish.
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I have not skinned the creature yet but I am going to do it soon.
So, I will have the whole fur available for flytying.
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Osmo
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Osmo,

Hope you winter has been fun! Looks like it would make some nice long=20
hairwing streamers for fishing places like - now this is just for=20
example mind - Lais=E4lven. Spare a swatch? :-)

I look forward to seeing a few flies next time...


Vaughan