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Author Topic: Tying on Fur Tracers...Fly Tying 101 tippit Assoc Sponsor Member # 1030 posted                     I've had a number of guys PM me about tying on fur arrow tracers. So here goes...Fly Tying 101 for the Trad Gang bowhunter I use cross cut rabbit strips (Zonker strips) that you buy at any fly fishing store and a fly tying thread bobbin. This is just for demo as I normally add my tracer fur after I've fletched my arrow. I secure my arrow shaft to the table and wind on a thread base. This gives the rabbit fur a good gripping surface once wound around the shaft. Now just tie in the end of the fur. I'll usually clip a little fur off the rabbit leather so the thread digs in to better secure the end. Then wind the thread back to the staring point. Take one wrap of the fur around the arrow shaft and wrap the thread over the strip to secure the end again. If you are having problems with the fur getting in the way just wet your fingers and slick the fur to the shaft. Clip off the remaining strip, tie the thread with a few half hitches or whip finish as you would finish off a fly, and seal the thread. I use finger nail polish (Hard as Nails) cause it dries quick and that's what I use to seal my finished fly heads...but any glue or lacquer will work. Finished...quick and indestructible. I know you can glue on these strips but I've found they don't stand up as well on pass thru shots on targets...be it foam or the real thing. I like the fur tracers cause I can use dark/camo fletching feathers and still see my arrow in flight even better than bright feathers. Doc -------------------- TGMM Family of the Bow VP of Consumption MK,LLC Posts: 6952 | From: Carlisle, MA & Aiken, SC | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Robhood23 Contributor 2013 Member # 12656 posted                     Very cool bud, this may be a dumb question but why do people put these on? Is it to watch the arrow flight? -------------------- The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right!!! Posts: 2355 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Jun 2007  |  IP: Logged |  Roger Norris 2 Trad Bowhunter Member # 13995 posted                        Like a tracer bullet... -------------------- I think wolves would find me stringy, of high cholesterol, and with an Irish whiskey aftertaste. Posts: 737 | From: Michigan | Registered: Oct 2007  |  IP: Logged |  tippit Assoc Sponsor Member # 1030 posted                     Robhood23, For me anyway... 1) I can see my arrow in flight better than bright feathers. It's like watching a snow ball in flight. 2) While still hunting, I've had hunting buddies say they they couldn't see me...but your Bright Feathers on the bow quiver shined out like beacon. Now I don't think game animals see that...but I'm not taking any chance of it. 3) A lot of guys that also think this way will use fletching covers on their bow quivers. For me they just seem to get hung up in thick cover. 4) I also like natural turkey and goose feathers that are hard to see in flight...Doc -------------------- TGMM Family of the Bow VP of Consumption MK,LLC Posts: 6952 | From: Carlisle, MA & Aiken, SC | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged |  rastaman SPONSOR Member # 13385 posted                     Thanks Doc! i always used glue and ended up with a mess! Thanks for "How to". -------------------- TGMM Family of the Bow Randy Keene Posts: 6672 | From: georgia | Registered: Aug 2007  |  IP: Logged |  Robhood23 Contributor 2013 Member # 12656 posted                     Been a few years since I tied any flies! Went and dug out the fly tying box, no rabbit so I am gonna head to the store and give this a shot! Always fun trying something new. Thanks for sharing Doc! -------------------- The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right!!! Posts: 2355 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Jun 2007  |  IP: Logged |  Jeff Romans Trad Bowhunter Member # 21889 posted                     Great picture tutorial. I've tied a lot of flies and fletched a lot of arrows but never thought to cross the two hobbies. Thanks for sharing. -------------------- Tight lines and shoot straight Posts: 111 | From: Montana | Registered: Nov 2009  |  IP: Logged |  metsastaja Contributor 2010 Member # 17612 posted                     Thank you for taking the time to do the post. I plan on doing a couple and give them a try. Next stop bass pro I like that little bobbin. -------------------- Les Heilakka TGMM Family of the Bow Some times the uneventful nights are just as good if not better than the eventful ones Posts: 1162 | From: Florida n Maine | Registered: Sep 2008  |  IP: Logged |  JRY309 Trad Bowhunter Member # 1191 posted                     Thats a great way of adding some tracers,makes those barred feathers more visible,nice job! Posts: 5110 | From: ohio | Registered: Jun 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Montauks Trad Bowhunter Member # 1215 posted                     Thanks for the tute, I'll have to try that method -------------------- What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator Posts: 635 | From: NJ | Registered: Jun 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Guru Admin Member # 616 posted                     Most excellent Doc I just happen to have hundreds of dollors worth of fly tying equipment and supplies up in my attic that I haven't used in years. This will be a fine addition to my arsenal when I get my self bow built and wood arrows with Doug Campbell Damasus trades and Woody Blackwell stoner's with nat. turkeys feathers. This will be a very natural addition to those arrows. It's all coming together nicely...Good stuff bud! -------------------- Curt } >>---> "I love you Daddy".......My son Cade while stump shooting 3/19/06 Posts: 16326 | From: NY | Registered: Apr 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Over&Under Contributor 2012 Member # 8273 posted                     Excellent tutorial Doc! I hope doing a few will rekindle my love of tying flies!! -------------------- “Elk are not hard to hit....they're just easy to miss" Posts: 6222 | From: Colorado | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged |  Charlie Lamb Charter Member/SPONSOR Member # 8 posted                     Been using fur tracers for years Doc... of course not by your method... which seems very handy! I too love natural turkey feathers but they are so hard to see in flight that I'm reluctant to shoot one at an animal without the tracer. Sure makes confirming the hit A LOT easier. -------------------- Hunt Sharp Charlie A Bowhunter's Tales Posts: 9978 | From: Missouri | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged |  swampdrummer Contributor 2010 Member # 20047 posted                     Very cool! Just last night I did up a couple with super glue and it got messy real quick! Will have to give this a try. -------------------- Back Tension BEFORE Back Strap ! Posts: 819 | From: Venus Florida | Registered: Apr 2009  |  IP: Logged |  Chris Shelton Trad Bowhunter Member # 20307 posted                     ahh bonding two of the most relaxing things in the world together. Fly tying and archery! Awesome, I am gonna have to give this a try. I always thought that they will slow down the arrow, but the more and more I think of it, I disagree with myself, it is just rabbit fur. -------------------- ~Chris Shelton "By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail"~Ben Franklin Posts: 969 | From: Maryland | Registered: May 2009  |  IP: Logged |

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