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do you still have to soak them?
No, but I did paint the body with head lacquer, look at the video that Odonata found. I used less tail hackle and head lacquer/nail polish rather than the UV coating he uses.
Sorry can't do pictures and it has been a while since I used those, the light and dark mane can be used the same way in a midge body, a quick segmented body for what ever.
A couple pretty good articles on hair selection and usage:
https://midcurrent.com/flies/fly-tying-hair-selection/http://globalflyfisher.com/tie-better/s ... -deer-hairCharlie Craven said
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There was a time when moose body hair was all the rage for dry fly tails on patterns like Wulffs and Humpys. I have replaced moose body hair with moose hock for my tailing applications and expect most other good tiers have also. Moose body hair is much longer than moose hock and is considerably bigger in diameter. Moose body hair is at best a pretty even mix of white and black hairs, and at worst consists of hair that is white from the base up to about the halfway point where it then turns black.The butt ends of moose body hair are thick and spin like deer hair...
On evening hair, I just use my palm and fingers, I never could get used to the stacker cups (and many other gadgets) My suggestion is to grasp the tips of the moose mane and pull out only the undamaged (after cutting from the hide) the fine tipped undamaged hairs should be longer than the broken hairs, then use the stacker. I expect there are more damaged pieces than good pieces in most mane samples. because the mane is on the top of the neck it is exposed to a lot more damage than other body hair.