i've just started tossing a mepps with what seems like natural hair around the treble.  this is in fresh water. actually, this little lure is probably 50 years old, but mepps seems to sell the same lure, even now, and with natural hair. i'm a little obsessive, and after use dabbed at the hair with a rag, leaving it out to dry w my other non-hair lures... 

does this seem appropriate, or what? i figure the hook will rust if i don't dry the hairs...  i guess another alternative is a hair dryer? which i don't have - i don't have enough hair to dry.....hair on my head, that is.

happy fishing, and ty

 

Just blow on it to remove water before storing it.

I hang my bucktail hair jigs on a wire to dry out over night after using them before storing them.

Tom

Squirrels use their tails as an umbrella in a downpour. I have one that hangs out on my deck railing when it rains.

2 hours ago, Deleted account said:

Squirrels use their tails as an umbrella in a downpour. I have one that hangs out on my deck railing when it rains.

But squirrels dont have hooks to rust silly!! LOL!

3 minutes ago, FrnkNsteen said:

But squirrels dont have hooks to rust silly!! LOL!

Only because I prefer feral cat fishing, I'm sure a small piece of peanut butter granola bar would do it...

thanks guys................ yeah, it seems to dry overnight, if i remove most of the water.  just wondering if guys did anything different for natural hair. all my other lures are synthetic, which dry easily since they repel water...

I try to let any natural material hang to dry.

Marabou jigs poof out like magic.

Why do anglers think marabou is hair?

Tom

My method to dry spinnerbaits, jigs, anything with hair...

 

Let out about 6' of line. 

 

Then twirl / spin the bait overhead 5 or 6 times...sometimes more if needed. 

 

Pretty much dries them out, and ready to go back in the tacklebox. 

I only am concerned with whether or not there is salt on a trailer or near.  Otherwise I just put them away.  

On 7/2/2022 at 8:12 PM, WRB said:

Why do anglers think marabou is hair?

Tom

Chicken hair.

1 minute ago, Deleted account said:

Chicken hair.

Waterproof squirrel feathers. 

2 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

My method to dry spinnerbaits, jigs, anything with hair...

 

Let out about 6' of line. 

 

Then twirl / spin the bait overhead 5 or 6 times...sometimes more if needed. 

 

Pretty much dries them out, and ready to go back in the tacklebox. 

Another practitioner - I resemble this solution ? ^^