Re: SV: [VFB] Icelandic Horsehair ? ? ? Help ! ! !

[Paul Marriner]

Don, just to add to what Martin wrote, the bottle tubes are shorter and
have a sloped front; this is to angle the wing up. They are called
"bottle" because there is a lip at the front of the tube to prevent the
thread and materials from slipping down the slippery slope. I have an
article on them in the next issue of The Canadian Fly Fisher, due out
any day.
Cheers,
Paul
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