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[fly fisher]

want to spin some hair don't know how and don't know what to use or any techniques.

[Banny]

You use deer hair and thread   

This is a link to results of a google search "spinning deer hair"

http://www.google.ca/search?q=spinning+deer+hair&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Have fun, it sure makes a mess.

J

[fly fisher]

how do you stack the hair tightly i am making carp bread flies thanks for the help

[Every Day]

how do you stack the hair tightly i am making carp bread flies thanks for the help

Cut off a big chunk of deer hair... get a stacker, slam it down on the table a few times. Remove the hair and tie it in.

[Banny]

A few things to help get a tight clump of deer hair:

Use enough hair, for a fly like that use a clump as thick as a sharpie marker
Not all deer hair is created equal, avoid using coastal hair that it not thick
Once you 'spin' the hair use a bic pen with the writing part removed to push all of the hair back and then build up some thread in front of the clump of hair
It will not look dense until you trim it down

J

[RalphH]

there should be lots of good links on the web.

• Mule or Whitetail deer hair is best for spinning
• cut a section of hair about half the width of a pencil
• clean out the fuzz with a fine toothed comb
• clean out any short hairs
• lay the hair over the bare shank and wrap 2 loose wraps of thread over
• apply tension progressively and the hair should stand at an angle to the shank and spin
• push the spun hair tight with your fingers.
• repeat until you get the size of body you want
• trim with scissors, a fine electric trimmer or a razor blade

[HOOK]

where do you live Fly Fisher ?? I may be able to just show you how its done. its not really to hard however it takes practice to not snap the thread when you pull tight to make it spin. I will try to explain how i do it, this was shown to me at M&Y when i started tying muddlers. I hate deer hair though cause its very messy 



have tying thread on your hook
cut a decent amount of hair of the hide. this depends on how much you want obviously
put into a hair stacker to make the tips all even. this means put the tips into the stacker so the cut ends stick out the top
tap a few times to even them out
pull out the insert part slightly and then give another gentle tap. this will help make it easier to grab the hairs out of the stacker
take out stacked hair, line it up to where you want it so the length is good
hold it tightly in the clump while you put 2 LOOSE wraps around the hair. you want them loose but still around the hair so it stays put when you pull
next just pull down, STRAIGHT down. thisshould spin the entire stack but you may have to shift some of it around with your fingers. once its even around or however you want it then add some tighter wraps and voila !! have fun trimming all those ends

[marmot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9UxjnRFfiE

The above video should help...bad vid quality but it covers the basics.