DonO: Thanks for the tips... It should have dawned on me that it might rust the other hooks.. So far I'm lucky I guess and it hasn't rusted any, but it could have easily, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: DonO To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Marabou question Chuck, 1. Don't put a soaked fly in your box- period. I'll rust, rust other hooks, and deform feathers. Press the fly between your palm and pants leg (or towel) to remove the free water. Then put the fly on a drying patch- like you see on fly vests. Wet flies in the box will rust the hooks underneath the materials where you can't always see it. Some hook brands just get gnarly. Feathers and hackles will set in weird ways. Steam will straighten out most sets. 2. Flies have to pass a lot of tests: How it looks on the vise How it looks wet How it moves and/or fishes. How it stands up to fish teeth and slime How it lasts in the box for the next fishing outing. Get all of these right and you're a tier par excellance. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 8:45 PM Subject: [VFB] Marabou question Folks: I have a question.. It is question # 1,876,594 for Me ROFL.... It has to do with the marabou on Woolly Buggers mostly, but any fly that has a marabou tail.. For example, i go out, fish a wooly bugger for a while, then, change flies, put that fly in one of my plastic fly boxes...(and I lay them in the boxes (or try to) as flat and straight as possible to dry out...Now, this past week, I was gonna use a Chili Pepper, and the marabou tails on every one of them was dry, hard, and crooked.. I dipped them in water, and the tails still would not straighten out like when they were tied...Do I need to just lay them on the deck part of my boat and let them dry BEFORE putting them back in the fly box??? Or is there a secret to it??? Oh, and I was watching a Poul Jorgenson DVD a little while ago, and he gave me a good idea... That man used more salvia to tie flies than anybody I've ever seen LOL... So, I though.. I need to see what the flies look like WET.. Cause that is how the fish will see them..We tie flies, and look at it in the vise, and say "man, that will be a pretty fly".. But wet, it may be the ugliest fly ever LOL...Thanks, Chuck ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.0/610 - Release Date: 12/30/2006
