The primrose in the picture that George referenced is a big part of why I'm so obsessed with weedless bass bugs. The other aquatic plant that I have a love/hate relationship with is American Pondweed. There's quite a lot of that on Lake Athens and it's great cover for the forage species bass love to smash, but it's so terribly fragile that most flies cast into it bring several pounds of vegetation back to the boat with them. The UDF is the best way I've found to fish those two kinds of vegetation...so far.
I think the three key characteristics I'd be looking for in a material for the UDF would be buoyancy, length, and the right mixture of stiffness and flexibility. If all three of those aren't present, the pattern just isn't as effective. The pronghorn has me curious. I've never heard of it being used as a tying material before. What kind of length does the hair have?
I'm all for testing wild pig bristles. Just to be sure we have enough for a test, let's shoot all of them we see.
I've seen Mike George's work on the internet before. He is truly an artist in deerhair. I'd love to get a chance to watch him stack, spin, and pack sometime.
George has bragged on Brandon to me before, but those Peacock Bass pictures leave me even more jealous than I was before.
When is this mythical gathering of which you folks speak? It sounds like my kind of get together. My wife (She With The Red Hair Who Must Be Obeyed, or SWTRHWMBO) would probably pass since she probably needs a break from supervising me.
