Coastal deerhair for hoppers

[tinsoldier]

About to tie up some fiery brown Hoppers like Davie mcphails pattern but i only have coastal deerhair and not roe deer,will this still work??

[darwin]

The coastal I have does not float as well as the roe or other deer hair, it does work on the smaller hooks. Try one out and drop it in a glass of water or Single Malt.

[tinsoldier]

yh i had done a few size 14 yellow owl style emergers with the coastal and 2 cdc plumes on a size 14 and they float very well,and some size 20 or 22 caddis/mayfly emergers also a davie Mcphail pattern,think ill try one with the glass method and take it from there ty

[darwin]

His fiery brown hopper is a good patterns. I landed several nice rainbows on it last month. Going to tie up a few more in different colours soon. I guess I should try out the yellow owl as well. I think I might test that single malt tonight to make sure it is still wet.

[tinsoldier]

Found some Black deerhair not sure which type but certainly thicker than my coastal ,got an idea for a black hopper but with Black peacock ice dub,at the thorax end and woven thru the deerhair and brushed out

[darwin]

Sounds like a winner

[emerger1981]

Originally Posted by tinsoldier

Found some Black deerhair not sure which type but certainly thicker than my coastal ,got an idea for a black hopper but with Black peacock ice dub,at the thorax end and woven thru the deerhair and brushed out

got 5 of them in the box
untested yet but bound to have its day add a little angora goat to the ice dub for extra floatation

Tight lines