🎣 Key Techniques & Expert Instruction
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Learn professional deer hair spinning from master fly tier Chris Helm
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Step-by-step demonstrations covering tools, materials, control, shaping & trimming
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Close-up shots show every detail clearly for easy learning
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Techniques apply to bass bugs, divers, gurglers, saltwater patterns & surface flies
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Ideal for tiers upgrading their deer hair skills or building fully formed bass bugs
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Originally filmed for the Hooked on Fly Tying series
📘 Program Description
Spinning Deer Hair with Chris Helm is one of the most respected instructional programs ever produced on deer hair techniques. Chris explains materials, thread control, stacking, spinning, packing, trimming, and shaping — all demonstrated in slow, deliberate close-ups so you can easily follow along at the vise.
You’ll learn how to:
• Select proper deer hair for different fly types
• Prep, stack, spin and tightly pack hair for dense, durable heads and bodies
• Blend colors and apply bands, eyes and accents
• Shape clean, even patterns using Chris’s trimming techniques
• Build buoyant surface flies that push water and get explosive strikes
Whether you’re tying trout, bass or warm-water patterns, Chris’s instruction gives you professional-level technique you can apply immediately at your bench.
🙌 Great For
• Beginner to intermediate tiers learning deer hair for the first time
• Experienced tiers wanting tighter spins, cleaner trims & multi-color patterns
• Bass and warm-water fly anglers
• Fly tying clubs, workshops and instructors
