How to Prep Your Deer Hair (Fly Tying Tips)

Welcome back. Today Kelly shows us a quick tip regarding Deer Hair. A clean fly starts with proper preparation. Working with natural materials can be difficult, but if you prepare your hair properly, it'll make the tying process cleaner, and the final fly much prettier. This holds true for every fly and every material. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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[@oak8728]

Well done on the thumbnail got a nice chuckle and some lessons to boot.

[@tylerpaquette9376]

Thank you for all the great info Kelly really shined a lot of light on the little nuances involved with deer hair I also wanted to ask if you ever find the time I stumbled across an old video of your ultra caddis it would be awesome if you could do an updated video of that really cool bug

[@HarleyJetSled]

How did you find a thumbnail to match my nightmares?!?! 😂😂😂

[@kennethsanders963]

It does Kelly . I've learned a lot from you the correct way of doing things. Thank you! ken from Calgary Alberta.

[@joutdoorsmen23]

Cool tips thanks for sharing

[@zachmichel9157]

Thanks for the close-ups

[@brianstevens3858]

After stacking and before tying in I seal the cut ends with a very small dip into a thinned rubber cement, it makes the float last a lot longer. You do have to be careful not to dip to deep or to long, and spread them out to dry before setup, otherwise they will glue to each other.

[@johnnylightning1491]

So where does short-fine hair come from? A particular part of the deer, a summer deer, a young deer? The reason I as is that I have complete hide that is currently in several large patches and if I have short fine hair there I would like to find it. Thanks in advance.

[@Fliesforstripers]

For sure! I shoot a couple deer every year and would like to know also!

[@FlyTyer1948]

Thank you.

[@chrisbukowski9434]

Thanks

[@riverratnv6119]

How often do you go to pyramid lake??