Beads And Hair

[sirocco]

Hi everyone,

 

Has anyone ever tied with Spirit River's A-Lure beads? I bought some for use on egg-sucking patterns but the holes drilled in them are too small to slide onto a streamer hook, or actually any hook for that matter. Is there a tying technique to get around this, or am I just missing something?

 

Also, can you use caribou as a substitute for deer hair in terms of spinning?

 

Cheers

 

Erik

[rusty]

Someone at FTT a few years back gave me a patch of caribou. I found that it spun even better than deer, but fine thread had a tendency to cut into the fibers if you pulled too hard.

[markd]

Caribou is the hair for spinning, better then any others

[admin]

Cariboo is great to spin. Just be sure to use 3/0 or larger thread. I think I know the beads you are talking about. They usually are used to enhance the connection to a trailer hook on a tandom fly.