Tying Material - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-28T22:46:41Zhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/tying-material?groupUrl=fly-tying-for&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI talked to a guy thats a tax…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2013-02-03:2036984:Comment:3482542013-02-03T03:08:39.647ZBob Garnerhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/BobGarner
<p>I talked to a guy thats a taxidermist today and he is giving me a bunch of different scraps of hides</p>
<p>I talked to a guy thats a taxidermist today and he is giving me a bunch of different scraps of hides</p> I have had beaver, fox and be…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2013-01-24:2036984:Comment:3454502013-01-24T04:15:23.508ZJim Gronawhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JimGronaw
<p>I have had beaver, fox and bear hair given to me. As a matter of fact, I have more tying materials than I will probably ever use in my lifetime, simply because I kept my eyes open for close out sales everywhere. Feathers, too. But I haven't done any bird jigs yet. I'm too hung up on the simplicity and effectiveness of the grass shrimp patterns to deviate much lately. But...I do like those auto and semiauto jigs from Ledhed and Fabbi with the rubber skirted legs...lots of options…</p>
<p>I have had beaver, fox and bear hair given to me. As a matter of fact, I have more tying materials than I will probably ever use in my lifetime, simply because I kept my eyes open for close out sales everywhere. Feathers, too. But I haven't done any bird jigs yet. I'm too hung up on the simplicity and effectiveness of the grass shrimp patterns to deviate much lately. But...I do like those auto and semiauto jigs from Ledhed and Fabbi with the rubber skirted legs...lots of options here.</p>
<p>Sure have been some great looking jigs and flies put up on this site...wow!</p> LOLTony, We have a tan colore…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-16:2036984:Comment:3356712012-12-16T05:06:56.158ZVince Fuscohttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/VinceFusco
<p>LOLTony, We have a tan colored outside cat that my wife brushes. I actually have looked at the fur caught in the bristles and wondered how I could use this to tie with. My daughter is a dog groomer and I have a couple baggies of black and white dog hair. </p>
<p>LOLTony, We have a tan colored outside cat that my wife brushes. I actually have looked at the fur caught in the bristles and wondered how I could use this to tie with. My daughter is a dog groomer and I have a couple baggies of black and white dog hair. </p> In California it's strictly i…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-15:2036984:Comment:3353922012-12-15T04:55:28.605ZJBplusThuyhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JonathanByrne
<p>In California it's strictly illegal to take a roadkill deer.</p>
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<p>However, late one night in 2009, I was driving around trying to send our baby to sleep (she's 4 now) and not far from our home I came upon a roadkill buck on the side of the road. Out of curiosity, I stopped my car and got out to look at it in the headlights. It appeared to be dead as a doornail, but I didn't touch it to find out. Don't need my rearend impaled by antlers...<br></br><br></br>Anyway, after looking at it, I…</p>
<p>In California it's strictly illegal to take a roadkill deer.</p>
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<p>However, late one night in 2009, I was driving around trying to send our baby to sleep (she's 4 now) and not far from our home I came upon a roadkill buck on the side of the road. Out of curiosity, I stopped my car and got out to look at it in the headlights. It appeared to be dead as a doornail, but I didn't touch it to find out. Don't need my rearend impaled by antlers...<br/><br/>Anyway, after looking at it, I went on my way. Coming back 20 minutes later, sleeping baby in the back, the deer was gone. They don't pick up roadkill late at night, and while there are a few mountain lions in the hills around there (only 10 miles or so from the southern edge of San Francisco!) I'm pretty sure the scavenger that grabbed it had a pickup truck :)</p>
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<p>Jonathan</p> I live in a bottom apartment.…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-15:2036984:Comment:3352902012-12-15T04:21:23.081ZBruce Tomasellihttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/BruceTomaselli
<p>I live in a bottom apartment. About 5 years ago I could hear some creatures running across my ceiling late at night and early in the morning. I thought maybe they were rats. My landlord trapped a red squirrel, but he discarded it. I told him if he trapped anymore just to put them in a plastic bag, hang them on my door, and I'd skin them out when I got home from work. He ended up trapping 3 more squirrels, which gave me 3 red squirrel skins. I use it a lot for many different patterns. I still…</p>
<p>I live in a bottom apartment. About 5 years ago I could hear some creatures running across my ceiling late at night and early in the morning. I thought maybe they were rats. My landlord trapped a red squirrel, but he discarded it. I told him if he trapped anymore just to put them in a plastic bag, hang them on my door, and I'd skin them out when I got home from work. He ended up trapping 3 more squirrels, which gave me 3 red squirrel skins. I use it a lot for many different patterns. I still have one more full skin left.</p> Classic!!!tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-14:2036984:Comment:3349522012-12-14T13:39:10.416ZTony Livingstonhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/TonyLivingston
<p>Classic!!!</p>
<p>Classic!!!</p> Reminds me of a story, suppos…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-14:2036984:Comment:3351292012-12-14T13:35:42.883ZJim Gronawhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JimGronaw
<p>Reminds me of a story, supposedly true...</p>
<p>Years ago, a lady was tossing a ball out into the water at Lake Marburg in PA and her poodle would swim out and fetch it. Finally, after many retrieves, the poodle disappeared in a swirling, violent turbulance that could only have been a very large musky that attacked the dog. Distraught, the lady became almost hysterical and related the story quickly to some nearby fishermen who were coming in to dock.</p>
<p>After patiently listening to the…</p>
<p>Reminds me of a story, supposedly true...</p>
<p>Years ago, a lady was tossing a ball out into the water at Lake Marburg in PA and her poodle would swim out and fetch it. Finally, after many retrieves, the poodle disappeared in a swirling, violent turbulance that could only have been a very large musky that attacked the dog. Distraught, the lady became almost hysterical and related the story quickly to some nearby fishermen who were coming in to dock.</p>
<p>After patiently listening to the ladys misfortune, the musky fishermen just shook their heads in dismay. After a long pause, one of the anglers asked the sobbing woman...</p>
<p>'Mame, exactly what COLOR was that dog, anyway?'</p> What the average person asks…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-14:2036984:Comment:3352072012-12-14T12:28:43.151ZTony Livingstonhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/TonyLivingston
<p>What the average person asks the clerk at the pet store: "What does this rabbit like to eat?"</p>
<p>What Greg asks the clerk at the pet store: "How many square yards of fur are on that rabbit, how many individual hairs are in a yard of rabbit fur, and how long does it take to grow back?"</p>
<p>What the average person asks the clerk at the pet store: "What does this rabbit like to eat?"</p>
<p>What Greg asks the clerk at the pet store: "How many square yards of fur are on that rabbit, how many individual hairs are in a yard of rabbit fur, and how long does it take to grow back?"</p> LOL. One of the girls I work…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-14:2036984:Comment:3351252012-12-14T12:23:39.326ZAllen Morganhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/AllenMorgan
<p>LOL. One of the girls I work with gave me a gallon ziplock baggie with some fur from a dog she had groomed. Her boyfriend has an Akita, and when they groom that one, she's going to save the fur for me as well.</p>
<p>LOL. One of the girls I work with gave me a gallon ziplock baggie with some fur from a dog she had groomed. Her boyfriend has an Akita, and when they groom that one, she's going to save the fur for me as well.</p> I had a neighbor who was a tr…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-14:2036984:Comment:3351242012-12-14T12:11:22.101ZGreg McWilliamshttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/GregMcWilliams
<p>I had a neighbor who was a trapper for the state!!!!! Muskrat, beaver, coons and I never new what might be on my front porch when I came home!!!!!! Nice thing is they were ready to go into a material storage!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I had a neighbor who was a trapper for the state!!!!! Muskrat, beaver, coons and I never new what might be on my front porch when I came home!!!!!! Nice thing is they were ready to go into a material storage!!!!!!!</p>