Morning from me, too, Don-
Took the feathers out of the freezer this morning, put
on my very best set of hi-mag cheaters and carefully
examined the skin for residue, husks, dead beetles,
etc. Looks clean to me. There are numerous feathers
with damaged hackles, but no sign of infestation.
Thanks for the tips.
-John
Oegon
--- Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Morning Don,
> What do you sugest to prevent or probably at the
> moment treat such hides
> ?
> Jimi
>
> John, the small caterpillars of moths and beetles
> -that do all the eating-
> don't like light.
> Check deep into the cape feathers, right at the skin
> at the bases of the
> feathers, for a tunneling-like eating pattern. The
> tiny feather fragments
> will be bunched up along the edges of the eating
> path. You may even find a
> 'pillar in a cocoon. If you shake the cape over a
> white piece of paper,
> you'll also get tiny salt-sized droppings falling
> out, plus feather
> fragments.
> Also look in the bag corners for tiny pellets- a
> sure sign of infestation at
> some point in time.
>
> And just because a cape has a lot of damaged
> feathers on it doesn't mean
> it's infected.
>
> DonO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle Question
>
>
> > Ian-
> >
> > Other than the damage to the barbs, how can you
> tell
> > if feathers is infested with museum beetle? I
> recently
> > bought an Indian hen saddle on eBay, that I'm
> using
> > for throats and soft hackles. Some of the barbs
> look
> > like they've been cut off, they're shorter than
> the
> > rest of the barbs on the feather. I should have
> known
> > better, but when I got it I put in with the rest
> of my
> > necks and saddles. I have mothballs in the drawer,
> but
> > don't know if that will do any good or not. As
> soon as
> > I saw your email, I went and took the neck and put
> it
> > in the freezer, just worried that some my other
> items
> > might be damaged.
> >
> > -John
> > Oregon
> >
> > --- Ian Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Jimi,
> > >
> > > as a budget concious tier I have found that
> careful
> > > slection of
> > > indian/chinese hackles can give you a small
> quantity
> > > of different size
> > > hackles for your dry flies.
> > >
> > > If you are looking for flies to fish not to
> display,
> > > then you can trim the
> > > hackles to size.
> > >
> > > What to look for:
> > >
> > > 1) Make sure it is a cock hackle (rooster not a
> hen)
> > > 2) Avoid dyed capes.. naturals have much better
> > > feathers
> > > 3) Feathers should be stiff and shiny, with
> stiff
> > > barbs, not thin floppy
> > > dull or weak ones.
> > > 4) Examine feathers carefully as it maybee
> infected
> > > with museum beetle or
> > > similar.. eats the barbs of the feathers..
> feathers
> > > will look as something
> > > has chewed bits of the barbs.
> > > 5) Examine the base of the feathers to make sure
> > > that the feathers are fully
> > > formed.. some time they kill them too early and
> the
> > > feathers arent all out.
> > >
> > >
> > > When tying with these feathers , use two back to
> > > back and wind in
> > > separately..
> > >
> > > Homepage:-
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> > >
> >
>
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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