Which is preferred when it comes to these two.
Deer belly hair or kip tail
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Which is preferred when it comes to these two.
Deer belly hair or kip tail
I prefer Calf for jigs 1/16 or less and deer for bigger
JJ
I'm with Jiggin Joe, unless I don't have any kip in the color I need then it's bucktail.
Fatman
Depends on what I am tying..I like them both.
Good gill jig wit the deer belly and a good crappie jig wit the kip.
mikeb
Wouldn't belly hair flair like a SOB?
Or does deer belly not have as much air in the fibers?
OKState...
I thought the same thing, isn't the belly hair the stuff I use to spin hair to make mice and hopper flies? Been awhile since I've bought some, don't remember what it was....
I like the kip myself, its as easy to use as the squirel tail. The deer belly seems to flair out to much for me.
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Originally Posted by sticksteer
It does flair alot,but I don't use very much and I have to trim it off sometimes.
But it makes a good Bluegill jig.Haveta add some splitshot to git it down sometime also.
like that toooo.
mikeb
I like kiptail,then tree rat and rarely use the bucktail.The bucktail seems to long so I trim it a lot and make a mess.
For small stuff, kip and squirrel tail would be my first and only choices really. I do use a ton of bucktail but only on very long streamers and have used a lot of deer belly hair for spinning bugs and flared body patterns.
There is a way to use the belly hair to make a very interesting jig pattern though. Tie it in toward the head letting it flair as much as it wants and then pull it down to form a kind of fat belly. You can also tie it in backwards and do the same thing for a more formed and rounded body.
It all has it's uses for me but for basic tails and small ties I really don't like deer body hair.
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Originally Posted by fish_4_all
Same choices here for when I tie Crappie or Bream jigs.
I am with JJ also like my Kip Tail and Squirrel Tail
the calftail for a jig where the hair is kept shorter than 1 1/4" inches is best. and a small crappie bucktail with 1 1/2-2" deer tail is best, because of it's straightness. the tails off the southern deer. doe and buck are smaller, and have a finer hair, making beautiful crappie bucktails. I just get them from the hunters around my place. freeze them tail in, take it out, use what you want, and put it back in the freezer. ya gotta get the tail before they start their skinning process tho, because if it gets blood on it, you won't get it all out.