"Wayne P" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:bwcaf.150$ii.130@dukeread04...
Hi All,

I am trying to find stuff to reproduce a fly for my father. The fly in the
upper photo has a red plastic body between the tube/hair and the beads.
Does anyone know where I can find something like that? That fly is
something like 35 years old. My dad trolls with thede behind a dodger and
down-rigger for salmon and lake trout in Lake Michigan.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/967...ing00082wk.jpg

I ordered a tube tying adapter for my vise this weekend to help me with
the tube part with the hair. I can find everything else, just no luck so
far on the red body. I also imagine polar bear hair which is what these
were originally tied with is hard to get if not illegal right? I will
likely use deer hair or some synthetic.

wayne



You can get plastic beads in a whole hosts of colours and shapes at lots of
places, craft stores, etc etc. I assume the red bit is such an oval bead.
These beads are often used on sal****er traces for various purposes. Many
tackle shops will have them, but usually far too expensive. They are cheap
enough at craft stores though. Chainstores like Woolworth, Wal-mart etc
will also usually have a selection.

Polar bear is indeed difficult to acquire. There is a range of other things
you can use though;
http://www.bearlodgeangler.com/synthetic_hair.htm

http://flyfisherman.com/ftb/ssmaterials/index12.html

Natural materials, such as yak hair, and bucktail will both work on such
streamers. For hair with more intrinsic mobility, go for Icelandic sheep,
Arctic fox ( although you may have trouble getting this long enough), or
similar.

TL
MC