Yak Body

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Yak Body

Post by Old Hat » Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:11 pm

Experimented with some natural yak hair as a body wrap. I like it. This is natural yak over primrose. On a #16.
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Re: Yak Body

Post by Old Hat » Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:00 pm

I thin k you can get yak hair as fine and course. I think it is either fine from the body or course from the tail, but I may be wrong on that. The stuff sold for saltwater streamers is course and about 10-12 inches long. That is what I was using here. I believe there are some older patterns that use horse hair from the tail for this purpose with a similar effect.
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Re: Yak Body

Post by Boarmountain » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:01 pm

Nice!
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Re: Yak Body

Post by tie2fish » Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:50 am

I'll bet that body fairly glows when it's wet ... great translucence! Nice find, Carl.
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