Bucktail

[FinLuver]

This guy is hoarding the good stuff.

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I’ve met @clarkman , but it has been a while…that might be him

 

[clarkman]

I’ve met @clarkman , but it has been a while…that might be him

I'm sorry, that's fucking hilarious. My kid was wondering what the hell I was laughing so hard about....I showed him, now he can't stop laughing....hahahaha!

 

[Dr. Magill]

Looks more like that G_smolt bro

 

[clarkman]

Looks more like that G_smolt bro

I dunno, have you seen me with my hair all grown out?

 

[Dr. Magill]

I dunno, have you seen me with my hair all grown out?

No
Am I really missing out here?

 

[clarkman]

No
Am I really missing out here?

no.

 

[Stonedfish]

I dunno, have you seen me with my hair all grown out?

Let’s see Randy.
I did the grow it all out during the first round Covid. Not a great look on me, lol.
SF

 

[Kinigit]

I just talked to a buddy that hunts so am going to try to locally source some good stuff. How hipster of me. That picture is hilarious!

 

[patrick1]

Musky Fool restocked a bunch of their tails last night if you guys are looking

 

[clarkman]

yeah, I just checked this morning....probably shouldn't have....don't really need any, but I did grab a natural one since I'm a little thin on quality white. Also grabbed some of the flash/slinky material for some experimentation.

 

[mcswny]

ya'll are definitely hot spotting your tying supplies, i ordered 3 tails.

 

[patrick1]

Trying to up my post count with useful info. Don’t most people here use beads anyway?

 

[clarkman]

ya'll are definitely hot spotting your tying supplies, i ordered 3 tails.

eh, they sell out pretty quick of certain colors already...besides, may as well help out my PNW brethren...

 

[WonkyWapiti]

Out here?

I do believe we have mostly blacktails/mule, correct? This good bucktail comes from whitetails.

Makes me wonder if there wouldn't be a good use for blacktail tails...fibers wouldn't be as long though.

Technically west of the Pacific Crest Trail is the only area recognized where you will find blacktail deer. East side of Washington and Oregon you will find both muleys and whitetails. Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming all have muleys and white tails. I was in a few fly shops this past week and was amazed at how scarce some materials have become. I am glad we are winding down with this zombie apocalypse.

 

[G_Smolt]

Looks more like that G_smolt bro

I'm more of a "fully clothed" model-type fella. No need to scare anyone more than I already do...


On the bucktail front...
Seconding @clarkman on the Primo Tails. B-Rad is THE source for the best tails currently available, and a hell of a nice fella to boot.

 

[patrick1]

So I bought some Primo tails, they got delivered on Saturday. I get an email they arrived so I check my doorbell camera for a package. Not there, but there is something in the street. I go downstairs and head outside, the thing in the street was my bucktail. I check the footage from my doorbell camera and the building next to me got a delivery less than a minute after my package was placed on my doorstep (not the street). Dude hustles down neighbors stairs and then right up mine and snags the envelope. Sits in his car for a minute probably wondering what the hell he just tried to steal and then tosses it out the window.

 

[WonkyWapiti]

So I bought some Primo tails, they got delivered on Saturday. I get an email they arrived so I check my doorbell camera for a package. Not there, but there is something in the street. I go downstairs and head outside, the thing in the street was my bucktail. I check the footage from my doorbell camera and the building next to me got a delivery less than a minute after my package was placed on my doorstep (not the street). Dude hustles down neighbors stairs and then right up mine and snags the envelope. Sits in his car for a minute probably wondering what the hell he just tried to steal and then tosses it out the window.

I really hate thieves.

 

[Matt B]

So I bought some Primo tails, they got delivered on Saturday. I get an email they arrived so I check my doorbell camera for a package. Not there, but there is something in the street. I go downstairs and head outside, the thing in the street was my bucktail. I check the footage from my doorbell camera and the building next to me got a delivery less than a minute after my package was placed on my doorstep (not the street). Dude hustles down neighbors stairs and then right up mine and snags the envelope. Sits in his car for a minute probably wondering what the hell he just tried to steal and then tosses it out the window.

The guy who delivered to your neighbor is the same one that stole your package?

 

[GAT]

Most likely the thief figured he'd come across something used for witchcraft so he quickly tossed it.

I don't use all that much bucktail compared to what I once did (synthetics are much easier for me to use) but I do know a source for bucktail that some may not know. The use of bucktail is popular right now for spin fishing bass jigs. As DIY lure building has become popular in the spin fishing world , there are now a number of outlets for making lures and these outlets sell marabou, synthetic fibers, flash and bucktail.

So, you may want to expand your search to warmwater lure building sites... they may sell damned fine bucktail and no one in the flyfishing world has yet figured it out.

 

[patrick1]

The guy who delivered to your neighbor is the same one that stole your package?

Yeah, he pulled up behind the UPS truck (one way street) and made some sort of delivery. Either following the truck or just a crime of opportunity. Lots of porches in my college neighborhood have packages sitting on them for days sometimes, so I think this dude yolo'd it and decided he isn't cool enough to for bucktail.