DYEING Deer Hair for FLY FISHING Fly Fishing Bushwhacker 850 subscribers Subscribed. How To Dye Deer Hair With Kool-Aid for Flies and Lures Merwin @ Field & Stream "The Honest Angler" writes; In our current (November) print edition, I wrote about using deer hair in various forms for fly and lure-making. I also mentioned using unsweetened Kool-Aid as a dye for deer hair (and other materials) and promised directions via this blog.
Preparing the Bucktail The deer tails (bucktails) I acquire for jig tying usually still have the bone in the tail, are dirty and, many times, bloody. Hence, they require careful preparation before beginning the dying process to ensure the best possible outcome. The first step is to clean and remove the natural oils from the deer tails (bucktails).
You will need a five gallon bucket, a box of. There are lots of information about dyeing deer hair with Rit Dye on the internet, which are basically the same as dyeing feathers and other items. An important first step is to use a thorough degreasing product that will remove all of the grease from whatever you are dyeing - in this instance your deer tails.
I'd follow the steps that Rit Dye recommends for doing this: https://www.ritdye. Like us on Facebook Deer hair. Choose a piece of deer hair to color.
Hair still attached to the hide is the easiest to dye. Deer hair is naturally white or cream on the belly and brown or gray on the body. White or cream fur is the best for bright colors while body fur is best for deep brown or black dye.
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But, I do know that it's possible to dye deer hair. I'm crazy enough to go ahead and do this for him with an over the counter hair dye kit that our ladies like to use, but I'd probably mess it up by making it too dark, to red, to gray etc.