Thank you all for clearing this up for me. I was always curious. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Peacock herl...Bleaching instructions....
> I used to tie a Mosquito with a stripped herl for the body > instead of black and white moose mane. The stripes on the > hurl would give a striped shiny texture to the Mosquito > body. Worked well enough. > > Larry > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/26/02 02:27PM >>> > > DEB, > The bleached peacock herl is used for tying Quill bodied > Dryflies, such as the Quill Gordon that Mark is tying. You > can also use the "bare Herls" for ribbing on Nymphs such as > the March Brown nymph. the stripped herls make bloody great > segmented bodies on a host of Patterns..... need dressings?? > Let me know, I'll be happy to provide.... > DEAN... > Deborah Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:DeanI was > wondering.... What do you use bleached peacock for?Deb > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now >
