Pete. I don't remember you mentioning the foam, but my brain is getting forget full. LOL I have played with packing foam a lot when I was tying bass stuff, I have tied some Frogs with it sometime back that are different than the Froggies. Jerry did not say what type of foam it is but did say it is used commercially. The Spent Wing Foam is a lot better to use than any packing foam I have used. Tony
--- Peter Gramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Tony - I thought I had mentioned that material > (the mayfly spent wing > material) to you... guess it was someone else, but > yes, it LOOKS and ACTS > like a PE- based foam but he slow-cools it SOMEhow > so that it is much more > supple than the packaging foam I've seen and tried. > If you figure-of-8 over > a thin piece for wings, it MAY get cut, but I've > only experienced that a few > times -- and with kevlar or gsp threads. I think I > tied my Porcupine Dragon > for a swap on the VFB at one point in time... in any > event, I tie a > dragonfly with the Mayfly spent-wing material, a > porcupine quill painted > with a pale- blue sharpie then lashed to a dry hook, > and a touch of royal- > blue dubbing at the thorax. Even with a huge set of > 2"-wide wings, the > tippet rarely (once) twisted on me! Now of course, > one fish and the fly is > a goner... but it's worth it :) Great guy also, but > the material speaks for > itself. > Tight wraps, > Pete > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
