Deer Hair

[ULTRAlite]

I am new to the fly tying hobby and have tied a few of the more popular flies in my box. My question is this: Presuming mother nature will be smiling over us this weekend, and we (my father and I) are fortunate enough to harvest a deer, what parts of the hide should I keep for materials? (neck, tail, etc.) Is there anything special that needs to be done to it to treat it? In a continuing effort to use as much of the harvest as possible, it would be nice to use it in my new hobby (which I hope to gain much more experience in this winter)

 

Thanks to any and all replies.

[Flytyer]

You can use all parts of a deer hide for tying.

this link can show specifically which parts for what type of fly

 

http://globalflyfisher.com/staff/helm/selecting/chart.html

[ladystrange]

deer hair post

 

 

the site that Flytyer posted is great for info.

 

the link i posted is a thread we just had that goes over a bunch of stuff and may answer your questions for treating.

[ULTRAlite]

Thanks very much for the links - got some reading to do...

 

Looks like I'm gonna have to find some pickling salt - wish me luck