David,
Funny you should mention that subject. When I was at Darren's (a.k.a.
Pacres's house in Ontartio this past
weekend) he was talking about doing up an article on dying feathers for
FACA. We were gonna film the
process, but did not have time to get around to it (he was too busy
trying to get me into a BASS).
OBTW, he's also an ex Superfly staff member and knows the process inside
and out on a commercial scale -- so
if you need some pointers email him at '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. I also
have A.K. Best's book "Dyeing and Bleaching
Natural Fly-Tying Materials" (IBSN 1-55821-214-0) which is a good
reference, and Eric Leiser has also
published an excellent book on preparing and preserving fly tying
materials. My only practical experience so far is in
dying burlap, and you can read that article here below. It worked out
well, and I definitely want to
try the process again myself on other materials this winter. One NLFTF
member Michael Dell once gave a demo
on how to dye your fly florescent orange lines to olive green as that
was also useful. I'd be trying it
on an older one first if you catch my drift, ditto... don't be dying a
grade 1 cape the first time you try the
process.
My Burlap Article:
http://flyangler.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=32
Finally, Darren also gave me a few capes and such that he recently dyed
up that I also plan to use for said NHL
swap. Hmm.. funny, he's in the swap too. Guess I'll lay a pass over to
him to get working on that article soon. =)
Lance
PS - There is room for 14 more tyers in said NHL swap... deadline for
entry is November 18th.. more here:
http://flyangler.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=168&Itemid=32
David Masson wrote:
good evening everyone:
I need to pick somebody brain about dying feather.I need some blue
feathersfor the nhl swap and i can't find them here in saint john. has
anyone dye feathers before and how dose a person do it?
thank for the help.
dave
