Hi Lance: I had some white hackle you know the stuff from canadian tires?I tried one or two to see what colour i got it wasn't bad not what i wanted but for the first time i can't complainso i through the whole lot in cook it for about 1 1/2 hour off and on they turn out not to bad.But the video would be a god send for someone like me first timer.Ihave to get some G.P. crest and start my flies [i ran out of them]and my suppliers is in the hospital with 2 shunt so it's going to be scare to find down here anywa Lance i'll kick you lose and talk to you later/ dave
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 10, 2006 8:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] dying feather 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 > > > >
