Is it Right to Use Animals for Their Fur?

[marmalade]

You may or may not know that I got a fancy reel the other day, and as I sometimes do with reels, I decided to put a line on it (but that's another thread).

Anyway, the end result after several attempts is that I have lots of cat fur and was thinking this could be used to tie flies. The colour ranges from the palest milk chocolate to 80% cocoa in the manner of a pedigree Burmese.

Has anyone used cat fur for tying? And what does it look like when wet? Should I hold the cat by the tail and dangle it in a bathtub full of water to see? If I skinned the cat, could I get it a cheap fleece in return, to be going on with over the winter? And what fur is best where?

Please note, no animals were harmed in the making of this thread.

[Hans Weilenmann]

Marmalade,

The renewable harvesting stretches longer. I simply used a dog brush on this here kitten:



The result here:

Tiger Nymph - step by step

Cheers,
Hans W

[marmalade]

Hans, that has to be the funniest posting I've come across in a long time!

That's also a very very nice fly..

[T.K]

What a fantastic looking animal (the tiger). But i bet your neigbours wish you would stop the fly tying for a while and build a bigger FENCE

[horses50]

You do not get any burglars round your neck of the woods!!!!!!!!!!!

[Highlander]

Just wait till you try & get urine stained Polar Bear.
Tight Lines