Sorry for the late response . . .
About a year ago I bought Flexxwrap from the Morning Hatch (reviewed in the
Flyfishing & Flytying Magazine, I believe in the December, 1998 issue). Its
wider cousin, available at the local drug store, is the medical tape called
Coban. The Flexxwrap is already 'finger'-width size, where the Coban is the
wider size made for medical applications. Both work well.
I have a few of the little lycra finger stripping guard sold by someone
named Gary Peterson, I think from New York or New Jersey, I can't remember
which. They work alright (I used one just today); they are one of those
little doodads, like a pocketknife, that you own for just a little while
before losing it and someone else becomes the proud owner of it.
Feather-Craft advertises a stripping glove that retails for something like
in the $10-$12 range. Once I lose the last of the aforementioned lycra
stripping guards (the loss will happebn) I probably will buy one in the next
year to check it out.
Band aids work ok until you get a hot fish that scorches you; the backing
will cut through the band aid. Then, you can use the other band aids to
repair your new war wound! <grin>
Good luck!
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From: Wes Neuenschwander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Bruce E. Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: friction finger
Bill Hamilton introduced me to a wonderful product for this purpose: a
fairly thin, highly flexible, open weave (and therefore porous) medical
tape that sticks without adhesives and provides a good grip on the fly
line. Comes in various widths and colors. The stuff Bill gave me was 1"
which seems to work well (covers the affected area, but still doesn't bind
up the finger joints). Problem is I can't remember the name of the stuff.
Flex wrap, or something like that comes to mind. Bill - are you out
there? What the heck is the name of this miracle tape?
Only caveat is that I've only found it available mail order and there's a 6
roll minimum order and a roll lasts a long time. Not terribly expensive
($3-4/roll as I recall), but I don't want to have half a box of the stuff
sitting around for the next ten years collecting dust. I keep hoping one
of the saltwater savvy fly shops will start stocking it, but haven't seen
any around yet.
If Bill can refresh my memory maybe we can put together a group order,
or even hound one of the shops into carrying it.
-Wes
Date forwarded: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:48:20 -0700
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Subject: friction finger
Date sent: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:54:11 -0700
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> Saltwater stripping of line will wear
> the skin off your finger. What is a good solution?
> A band-aid will get wet and come off.
> BC
>
Wes Neuenschwander
Seattle, WA
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