calf tail curl

[JSzymczyk 0]

How do you take out the curled and twisted end of a calf tail.

 

 

Steam it gently.

Thanks,I've tried that, but no luck.

 

yes that's what I meant by "good luck, let us know how it works".... I guess sarcasm is difficult to express on a message board.

[Moscow 0]

I seem to recall Leroy Hyatt (Fly Tying: the Angler's Art) saying he saved the tips with the curl to use in the front *wing* of steelhead bombers. He liked the curl and utilized it in the pattern. It added to the waking capabilities of a riffle-hitched bomber as it skates across the river.

[Bigwater 0]

How do you take out the curled and twisted end of a calf tail.

 

 

Steam it gently.

Thanks,I've tried that, but no luck.

 

yes that's what I meant by "good luck, let us know how it works".... I guess sarcasm is difficult to express on a message board.

I understand sarcasm,but I was looking for usefull information.Thanks,time for another beer.

[perchjerker 0]

I would think so. It is definitely worth a try.

 

Cheers!

[Capt Mel Simpson 0]

Bigwater,

 

I can appreciate your interest in using the tip end of a calftail. I also have been using a lot of calftail for many years (Steelhead flies from the 60's and 70's and bonefish going back to the late 70's.) The hair on the end is quite translucent and one of my favorite materials. One of the things I do is I buy them usually 2 dozen at a time, comb them out, pick out the best dozen and sell the others to someone else. I think you'll be surprised what combing them real good will do.

 

Mel