Henk, On your referenced page you state, "He plans on targeting asp and sea bass in the near future, "
I know what an asp is in English - a poisonous snake. Is that a Dutch name for a fish we might know by something else? Very interesting site. Thanks for sharing it. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henk Verhaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Magic Tool owners?? > > 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!========================== >
