Tying with deer hair part 3. Spinning ultra tight bodies with deer hair.
Here are a couple more quick techniques, for making cork like bodies from deer hair and a deer hair guard.

If you would like a very tight spun body. As you cover the hook shank with spun deer hair using a finger and thumb at the rear of the hair and at the front push and twist your right hand to pack the hair tight together. Repeat this after every bunch of hair is tied in.

Once the body is finished brush out all the fibers with an old tooth brush before you start trimming. This is very important!

Now using a gas lighter, petrol lighters and candles give off too much soot. Carefully burn the surface of the hair body. Taking care not to set it on fire!

The singeing of the hair will tighten the packing and cauterize the tips making it tight and even. Brush off the soot with a tooth brush.

The result is an almost cork like body of perfect spun deer hair with a smooth even finish. That also floats like a cork!

This is another trick for whip finishing large deer hair flies. If you have problems getting in to the hook eye to whip finish, before starting tying cut the end off a rubber washing up glove and make a hole in the finger tip with a dubbing needle. Place the glove finger tip over the bobbin as shown.
This entry was posted on October 24, 2013 by barryoc. It was filed under Fly Tying, Step by Step and was tagged with Deer hair, Deer hair dubbing loop, Fly Tying, Materials, spinning, Step by Step.
Perfect and awesome pictures as ever.
October 24, 2013 at 7:09 pm
Thanks, very neat idea using the rubber glove tip. Beautiful tying and photography.
October 25, 2013 at 2:07 am
Thanks fore the tip of using a glove.
I will try this and I’m almost sure it will upgrading the result.
Greetings and tight lines
October 26, 2013 at 9:19 pm