Jim: Thanks.. I'll start doing just that, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: jim phillips
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Marabou question
Chuck
I tie a lot of flies and small jigs with marabou. Early on, like you, I would
put them in my box or leather/fleece foldup and they would dry ugly. I started
using a fleece patc attached to my vest/coat or shirt and let the fly/jig dry
before putting away. They look better and last longer.
Jim
On 12/31/06, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
