At one time I picked up every roadkill I could find - Took all the raw bucktails offered - ended up with a mess, infestation/destruction of some expensive necks was the result... If you like that kind of stuff, more power to you. Dubbing is fairly cheep, the professional stuff is colorfast, easy to use, etc. I know there are books on the subject of preparing and dye-ing materials... To me - not worth the bother... I do remember tying up some streamers with some crinkly hair... from a lovely coed that brought back some great memories every time I found them in the fly box...

i posted this question in January, and im happy to say that i've used the huskey dubbing with great success. It was easy to spin on the thread and has caught many of trout. The new material ill try and use are the plastic coffee straw. I think i can use them for craw fish patterns.