for all of you who've asked about tying squirrel tail or for that matter any other hair treble hooks, Learn from a Lady Master Tyer at Mepps!!!! At the time of the Video she had been working with them for 29 years!!! Also she's using a basic vise and the bobbin I think is a really old Thompson! Enjoy!!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3pGcPXjqS8

 

Interesting.  That's an old Thompson vise.  I think I have one up in my tying room.  I make some Mepps style spinners for the guys I fish with.  I've been using various flash materials to dress the trebles, rather than squirrel tail, which is much harder to spin around the shank.  I just lay a small bunch of the flash material on the shank so it sits between the hooks then wrap each piece in.   I'm not doing production tying, so I don't have to do it quickly.  I may try doing a couple with squirrel tail.  I think I have a couple of fox squirrel tails somewhere in my containers that I store my fly tying materials in.  To me the hook is overdressed, but I'm not going to knock the success of the Mepps spinner, I used them for many years and caught a lot of fish on them before switching over to fly fishing.

   That was VERY informative. Thanks!    jj