i had a lady bring me some squirrel tail last week at work for tying jigs and i was woundering if anyone had used squirrel tail and how does it workin the water? and can i dye it? and how would i go about dyeing it?
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i had a lady bring me some squirrel tail last week at work for tying jigs and i was woundering if anyone had used squirrel tail and how does it workin the water? and can i dye it? and how would i go about dyeing it?
I have a good bit of squirrels that are natural as well as died and it looks pretty good, but I mostly use feather for my self. So probably one of the hair jig users should be able to help you more. I do know you can die them though, but they always have dark areas too.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie josh
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Dr. Fish uses squirrel hair.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie josh
He submitted one of the finest looking jigs I have ever seen come across this forum back in the Shellcracker Jig Swap. It was squirrel tail tied onto a darter head and the whole thing was jet black. Both the texture of the hair and paint job on the head were smooth as silk. Although I loved the looks of the jig and I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that it would work, I have never put it in the water cause I didn't want to mess it up or lose it, Ha!
You may ask him about his dying methods as well as some tips on how to use.
Well, mepps has used squirrel tail on spinners for a lot of years. I use it a lot also, both natural and dyed. It looks good, has good body,
holds up well in water, and has good action.
works great do you some they will catch fish
I tied and sold a lot of them for "Brim" fishin back in the 60's ... worked best with a float. All were in natural color .. (Different color heads) ... I have caught a pile of gills on them.
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They work really well and look great. I like tying thread neck jigs with it.
I tie up a few for myself, but frankly don't sell that many squirrels. Most buyers want kip if they are using hair or hackle or marabou if they want feathers.
There are a few threads on here on dying kip tails. Type that in the search box and see what pops up. Might help you with your squirrels.
lethttp://i691.photobucket.com/albums/v...chersh/009.jpgs see if this comes out, new at this pic posting
My My! Tasty lookin little Morsel ! Stick
I'll have 25 or 30 heading to Texas shortly.
Looks good!Quote:
Originally Posted by sticksteer
If I could shoot squirrel here I would have squirrel stew for dinner twice a month and I would tie hundreds of jigs with the tails. I love squirrel. To me it is one of the easiest hairs to work with and is so diverse in it's uses that only feathers come in higher for versatility, IMO.
I love to tie up squirrel tail jigs. In fact that was the first jig I ever tied!! I'd say my two favorite are squirrel and badger.
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...2009060001.jpg
The top jig in the left column and the top jig in the right column are both badger.
The middle and bottom jig in the left column and natural colored squirrel tail.
The middle and bottom jig in the right column are red dyed squirrel tail.
I have squirrel tail in many colors... natural, red, chartreuse, yellow, black, orange, olive, pink, green, blue, brown... but my fav of all is just the natural squirrel tail.
Good lookin jigs AW, what kind of thread are you using on the right side ? Looks metalic.
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Originally Posted by sticksteer
Good eye, mate! The top jig in the left column and all jigs in the right are tied with a top-secret metallic thread that I have access to.
The bottom two jigs in the left column are tied using flat waxed nylon (the green one) and the orange one is made using ultra thread 140 denier....
I use fox sq. tail on a 1/32 oz. round head with orange, black, or lime green thread. Its killer on bream and catch several crappie on it also.