Hi John
Just hold the fly with your forceps in the steam for a few
seconds and watch as the feathers move back to there original shape I do not
know how they will react after being crushed for such a long time interested
to know if it works
Roy Lawrence, England
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From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 9:43 PM
Subject: [VFB] Steamed Flies?
> While cleaning out my vest I found a bunch of flies in
> one of those small slide out boxes that flyshops get
> their flies in. The box had got good and crushed while
> in the vest, don't know how long it'd been there, two
> or maybe three seasons. I'd hate to toss them, but
> they definitely have a "wadded up" look to them, don't
> know if they'd fish too well.
>
> A couple of times on the list, people have talked
> about steaming flies to restore crushed hackle and so
> on. Can this be done with a regular tea kettle or does
> it need to be a more intense source of steam? Any
> other way of restoring flies? Should I just fish them
> as cripples? <VBG> Any tips are certainly appreciated.
>
> -John
> Oregon
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