Maybe the hair you use has too much underfur? First I remove as much underfur as I can using a comb (stroking towards the butts), then I take the bundle of hair by the tips, blow into the clipped butts two or three times, take the hair by the butts and comb towards the tips. I read about this in the FTBR; this will give you a clean bunch of deer hair which is easier to stack.
Martin
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William Andreas wrote:
How do you get those collars so neat? I can never seem to get them right
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Westbeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] Eel skin Muddlers
Great pictures, Bill, and I'm glad the flies have been worth the wait. I hope they will give you just as much pleasure as your illustrated trip reports have given me.
The head of the dark Muddler is Ram's wool; the other flies are a Blonde Wulff and a Fluo Green Royal Humpy. I guess I forgot to mention that.
Best,
Martin
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Bill & Tina wrote:
Wow! I found a couple of muddlers swimming in my mailbox today. Martin Westbeek I'll say it again. Wow! These have got to be about the most beautiful muddler minnows I've ever laid my eyes on. Now I'll fish my swap eel skin muddler but these babies are staying dry. Is the dark one a "wool head"? Two beautiful hair wing dry flies too. I'm afraid one of the dries will have to remain that way for good too. But one will hit the water so Martin at least you can see a photo of the fish your fly caught in these western waters far from home... I'll keep you posted.
These flies are fantastic... if anyone wants to take a look at some of Martin Westbeek's tying skills I'll post a photo.
Thanks again Martin...
BP
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