Burn the fresh cut end with a flame.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Doug Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: [VFB] Braided mylar question > OK. I'm stuck! Really stuck! > I am tying some zonkers on a #4 streamer hook. After laying down a bed of > thread, I am wrapping the hook with yarn to give it some thickness. I am > having trouble with the braided metalic mylar coming unbraided at both ends. > Not so bad for the butt end. . .makes a nice tail. > But the head end is causing me some real problems. > > Here's what I have tried so far. > - wrapping the yarn tighter > - cutting the mylar longer > > Neither one is very effective. Could it be that I am using mylar that is > too small in diameter after removing the core? An inferior grade of mylar? > Maybe the yarn is too thick? Or is there a glitch in my method? > > Desperate, > Doug >
