Quote Originally Posted by Tim_T View Post
I have a fresh bucktail (okay technically it is a doe tail) and would like to use it for fly tying. Do I need to do anything to treat it, or is it ready to go?
What I used to do was de-bone it and then fill it full of salt to dry the flesh out a little. Also I used to dye some with rit fabric dye. Depending on how strong yuo make it the darker it will get. I dyed some black one time and they turned out a real good brown color.

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