Thanks Henk... That's the sort of information I was looking for!
-Dave On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:06:31 +0100, Henk Verhaar wrote: > > >�On 6 Dec, 2004, at 5:17, Dave Campbell wrote: > >>�Hi... >> >>�I'm intrigued by the video I've seen of the Magic Tool, and have a >>�couple questions for anyone that owns this... >> >>�Does it only work particularly well with CDC feathers, or is it >>�shown >>�and referenced that way because of the original use? >> >�Works on any (reasonable) type feather you want doubled to extract >�the >�fibers from the stem... > >> >>�Do you use the tool for tying parts of other flies (other than >>�Caddis >>�I mean)... >> >�Yes. I use it for the CDC hackle on my extended body mayfly >�(http://www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod/fishing.html) > >> >>�And I saw a reference to a 'new' tool? Linesend appears to have >>�the >>�same on one as on Marc's website, so am a bit confused there?? >> >�Not aware of any new tools from Marc, unless you mean any of the >�selection of scissors, needles, hackle pliers and dubbing loop >�clamps >�-- these have been available for I think about a year now. The only >�new >�thing from Marc that I'm aware of is the Magic Head, a >�popper/streamer >�head from a soft polymer material that creates an eerily realistic >�movement of the fly in the water. > >�henk > >�====================Heisenberg was right!========================= >�| Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| >�| Principal � � � � � � � � | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � �| >�| Ecotoxicology specialist �| home: � [EMAIL PROTECTED] �| >�| ENVIRON Netherlands B.V. �| � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| >�| Zeisteroever 17 � � � � � | phone: �+31 30 698 6218 � � � � � �| >�| NL-3704 GB Zeist � � � � �| fax: � �+31 30 698 6239 � � � � � �| >�| the Netherlands � � � � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| >�====================Uncertainty happens!==========================
