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Old April 4th, 2007, 12:44 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
BJ Conner
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Default Australian possum

On Apr 3, 4:35 pm, "Tom Littleton" wrote:
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oups.com...

Quite a few people stock it. You can get it here;
http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/category/71000


TL
MC


what Mike links to definitely is NOT Australian opposum,
however, standard North American opposum fur can be bleached and takes a
sort of burnt orange dye job pretty well to approximate the real thing with
a bit of tinkering.
I have tyed Ausable Wulffs for years with a muted, rusty
dyed possum fur mix I got from Fred Reese years back.
Even Mr. Betters thought it looked pretty good, when I showed it to him
quite a while back. But, then again, Fran was pretty kindly to me, and
probably guffawed at the rube within minutes of my leaving the shop.......
Tom


Thes guys have it. Looks cheap too. I wonder if Australian possums
can cross the road?
http://www.anglersupplyhouse.com/sho...asp?itemid=919