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Old 03-06-2015, 01:25 PM
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I'm a old fly tier in Calgary looking for a woodchuck hide. Just used up the last one I shot 10 years ago. Or if anyone has seen them close to my neck of the woods would appreciate ti.
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Old 03-06-2015, 01:31 PM
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Might be able to find one in the Trapping section too.
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Old 04-25-2015, 06:44 PM
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Bump for any of you varmint hunters out there.
Thanks
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Old 05-14-2017, 04:53 PM
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Bump, still looking for one in the Calgary area, couldn't find one last year. If you happen to tag one or two with a head shot let em know. Will skin.
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Old 05-14-2017, 11:39 PM
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Send me PM with your mailing address and I'll gather up a few patches I have.
I used to tye flys years ago, have some groundhog patchs and maybe a tail or two.

What are you tying ?
Muddler Minnow?
If so I'll throw in a turkey tail feather or two.

We don't have any moose near by down here so I held on to the groundhog
tails to subsitute moose mane.

It had the same curley wherlies as moose mane, same color. :-)
How was a trout to know ? Right :-)

One thing to note about groundhog..
They have an oil that puts out a . stink.
Yup it deffently has a stink to it.
That's most likey why cyotoes and foxes don't eat them.

Any how the patches I've got are about 2o years dried so should not
stink tooo bad. Should be ok to work with to tye flys.

Even the moths did not bother after all these years.
:-)
Stinky ground hogs. :-)

Seriously, send me a PM and I'll send some up to you.
Be good to see them get tied up and catch some fish.
:-)

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Old 05-15-2017, 07:45 AM
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Thanks Bonescreek,
Much appreciated, I use it mostly for tails and sometimes wings on dry flies. I like the color and they're nice and stiff. Can always use a turkey feather or two. .

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Old 05-16-2017, 05:12 PM
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Shot a few in AB .......maybe 1/2 dozen in 37 years.Not like Ontario where they are quite numerous......are those flies "stimulators" ?....Harold
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Old 05-16-2017, 07:31 PM
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Not a traditional wooly bugger but more interesting in color.
Like a whirrling pattern the the hackle is back wound and a wolf pattern
with the white hair wings pitched foreword.

I can see how the GH hair on the tails give stiffness to help float the fly.
Something that makes a difference when you want a given pattern on a
larger hook size with a bigger gap.

Mr. Lornce has tied some flies in his day. :-)
Probly caught a fish or two.

Just a guess, looks like size 12 or 10.
14 ?

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Old 05-16-2017, 09:38 PM
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Thank you Pinoneer2, was long ago almost forgot.

Wickem'ns Fancey, Irrestistable, many simulators all were
tyed "Palmar" meaning the hackle was tied in point to the
back of the shank and wound foreword over the body
to the front of the thorax.

Backwards in respect to all other dry flies.

The above patterns are drys, the wooly bugger was the only
wet or nymph pattern tied palmer and used a hen hackle (soft) sparse.

Almost forgot all that after all these years.

Thanks for the memories. :-)
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Old 05-16-2017, 09:41 PM
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Queen of the Waters, was the best for trout.
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