I also strip the barbs off half of a hackle when I tie a wooly worm/bugger.
I believe that a sparser look is better. Thank you, Alan Di Somma Sent from my iPad Thank You, Alan Di Somma Phoenix, AZ. On Nov 15, 2012, at 10:31 PM, "Chuck Alexander" <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan: That's what I did (sorta), on the ones I have done to date. I take > strung hackle, which has pretty good sized quills, and is all different > colors, and I strip all the barbs off and use that. The chartreuse green ones > looked the best I thought. It's just a pretty slow process, but like you say, > it does work. Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:45 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Stripped quills needed > > >> Chuck: >> >> A couple of years ago I was in a swap and tied some Mosquitos. >> >> I took a smallish grizzly hackle and pulled all the bards off both sides >> and used it for a quill body. >> CHEAP and functional. >> >> Thank You, >> Alan Di Somma >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander >> To: [email protected] ; fly fishing for panfish >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:19 PM >> Subject: [VFB] Stripped quills needed >> >> Folks: I need some stripped quills to tie some quill bodied >> dry flies etc. But at $3.95 (and UP) for a pack of 24, they are a little >> expensive. And one tiny whiff of bleach gives me the worst headaches I >> have ever had. So, does anybody either have some they'd trade, or know a >> place I can buy them for less than $3.95 per 24?? Thanks, Chuck >> >> -- >> -- >> >> >> >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> SPAMfighter has removed 398 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan >> http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2629/5895 - Release Date: 11/14/12 >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5395 - Release Date: 11/14/12 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
