Hello, If you can please remove me from your mailing list....I am just receiving way too many emails at work now, and find I do not have time to read them all. Thanks very much, Neal Antonucci Richard Embry wrote: > Only 10 seconds will do it? > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Mix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:04 AM > Subject: nuke the bugs > > >10 or so seconds in the microwave also does the trick. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Wes Neuenschwander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:48 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Deer Hide > > > > > >Yes, infestations are a real problem with any untanned hide products, or > >indeed with any unprofessionally processed natural fly tying products. > >For that matter, bugs can even be a problem with professionally > >processed tying products. Several years ago I noticed an infestation > >that had worked half way accross a tying materials display in one of the > >local fly shops! Neither the owner, nor most of the buying public > >apparently, had detected it. Nearly a third of the display had baggies > >full of half bald patches with bug poop and eggs and loose hair laying in > >the bottoms. I've even had a few infestations myself. A beautiful red fox > >squirrel tail that I picked up in one of the finer West Yellowstone shops > >a few years ago decimated a couple of nice Metz necks and sundry > >other pieces in my travelling tying kit before I noticed the problem. > > > >My recommendation: Freeze all new natural tying materials for a week > >(preferably in a non-automatic defrost freezer) before turning them loose > >with the rest of your tying materials. As an added precaution, you > >might want to periodically box up and freeze all your tying materials, > >just in case something made it past your initial screening procedures. > >Include your synthetic materials as well; while they are not susceptible > >to attack themselves, eggs from infected natural materials can be > >picked up by them and later infect your natural materials. Beyond that, > >tightly sealed ziploc bags can be useful in deterring the spread of bugs, > >especially stuff tucked away for long term storage. > > > >-Wes > > > > > >Date forwarded: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 05:27:35 -0700 > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date sent: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:27:23 EDT > >Subject: Re: Deer Hide > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Forwarded by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> Scrape off all flesh and work borax into the moist hide. Failure to do > >this > >> will almost certainly result in a carpet beetle infestation which can > >spread > >> to your other fly tying materials. > >> Terry Whitworth > >> > >> > > > > > > > >Wes Neuenschwander > >Seattle, WA > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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