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Thick or thin deer belly hair for poppers?

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I am new to tying deer hair poppers and was wondering what every one prefers. I have some hair that is really thick and some that is very fine. Which packs tighter? Which floats better?

 

I also need to ask when I see poppers at local shop the whole thing has a rubber feel to it, are they soaking it in flexament?

 

If it helps tying on 4/0 streamer hooks, hair is about 1 to 1 1/2" long. I wash hair with shampoo then run a good amount of conditioner in it then rinse and dry.

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https://midcurrent.com/flies/fly-tying-hair-selection/

http://globalflyfisher.com/node/13639

http://globalflyfisher.com/tie-better/buying-deer-hair

http://derekspace.net/hairsel.htm

 

I might use both, coarse for the body and fine for tail/legs; the articles linked above should give you a general idea of hair selection and use.

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im gonna probably regret asking this but what is "nergy hair"

 

From this planet?

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typed that in on my phone has the swype predictive text I'm not really sure how it comes up with what it should predict sometimes, that was a new one most of the time it's some obscure city in a foreign country or words that sound like they are from a king james bible.

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