will an autoclave work in this instance? in a clave bag, of course.
;)
Jim
>From: Neville Gosling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [VFB] Steamed Flies?
>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:50:41 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
>
>I stem my flies from time to time as required - works great. I use a simple
>camp kettle which I put on the stove as my electric has an automatic shut
>off. You don't need a lot of steam but it needs to be concentrated in a jet
>i.e from the kettle spout.
>
>Neville Gosling,
>Surrey, B.C.
>
>-------Original Message-------
>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Friday, May 10, 2002 01:46:02 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>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?
Any tips are certainly appreciated.
>
>-John
>Oregon
>
>
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