Wild boar hair

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Trifly
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Re: Wild boar hair

Post by Trifly » Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:24 pm

Look for the mane. If it is long enough it can be used for midge larva and pupa. If the hair is not long enough you shot a piglet.
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Re: Wild boar hair

Post by upstatetrout » Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:59 pm

You are visiting museums! Ar'e you to become the next James Bond of the fly tying fraternity. What musical instrument do you play??

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Trifly
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Re: Wild boar hair

Post by Trifly » Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:22 pm

The 300 Weatherby flute?
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Re: Wild boar hair

Post by redsedge » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:02 pm

WiFlyfisher wrote: โ†‘Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:33 pm Tom, we were at Duluth Trading Co. buying Buck Naked Underwear. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
Which is not in Duluth. Weird. ;)
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Re: Wild boar hair

Post by joaniebo » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:07 pm

WiFlyfisher wrote: โ†‘Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:33 pm Tom, we were at Duluth Trading Co. buying Buck Naked Underwear. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
John

I started buying Buck Naked underwear a little over a year ago. Wish I had done so sooner. Will buy nothing else in the future. Love their heavy weight pocket t-shirts that are something like 3" - 4" longer in the back!

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Re: Wild boar hair

Post by wsbailey » Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:14 pm

I used to get wild boar hair from a hunting outfit in Canada. I've processed the wool of many different boar. Some of the wool is like steel wool and some is very soft and fine.
Wild boar wool is not very well represented in fly tying literature. The salmon fly tyers of Brittany France are the most well known.
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