OK Rodney .... now try cutting them into tiny strips and using them for nymph bodies. You can color them with a permanent marker. Might be more work than it's worth but I wonder how well it will work. Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodney Barilleaux Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 9:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] OOOPS, RODNEY! ROFL... No problem Allen... I've taken you up on that suggestion and it works great... I've got a couple of boxes of rubber gloves here at the house... Always keep several pairs in my trauma kit... Ya don't go on a scene without wearing gloves... LOL ... Rodney... On 7/16/05, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also tried that Radio Shack clip idea and it did work.. I had some of > those clips, but cause they have teeth they would not grab like hackles.. I > stretched a little piece of Aquarium pump tubing over em, and it worked OK, > Thanks, Cause I only got ONE pair of real hackle pliers, and my two teens > like to tie more than me LOL. Or they DO tie more than me anyway...Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:51 PM > Subject: [VFB] OOOPS, RODNEY! > > > > > If you're swiping the forceps from the hospital, grab a pair of > > > > RODNEY, > > > > OOPS. I LEFT OUT THE SMILEY FACE! > > > > > > SHOULD HAVE READ: > > > > If you're swiping <VBG> the forceps from the hospital, grab > > > > Still, the point is if you take, buy, borrow, liberate, whatever a > > pair of surgical gloves (readily available at your nearest pharmacy), > > sections taken from them make great covers for hackle plier points, > > forceps points, tweezers points, whatever. It makes it MUCH easier > > to grab stuff and hold it without its slipping. > > > > You can also cut them into narrow slivers and use them to wrap the > > abdomens (why is it not abdowomens?) of nymphs. > > -- > > Allan Fish > > Greenwood, IN > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
