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Cream rinsed deer

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Ted Patlin made a comment in another thread about this. I didn't want to carry on off topic, so I'll mention it here.

If you get tanned deer hide. the tanning process may make the deer hair rather brittle, so a little cream rinse and let the thing fry, seems to give the deer hair more flexability. Perhaps a good ad for Alberto?

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Sounds obscene, seriously if the tanning process has left the hair brittle , you should stay away from it. The hair gets burned and using a creme rinse may soften it up durability will become a factor. Iv'e tied many dear hair flies and tried this but they don't seem to hold up. It would be better to remove hair from package and check it. Pick a pak with soft hair and forget about it!

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Actually it was whitetail deer given to me by a guy that had a couple of hides tanned. I usually use winter mule deer hide, the hair is awesome for spinning (Northern B.C. winters are cold), but this stuff was kind of dry. I use it for muddlers and smaller flies that are trimmed short, it works great. I don't use it for poppers and bombers I don't think it would hold up as well. :)

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