Jan,
I would try on a single feather or a few, but I don't think there will be any problems if you are a bit careful. Too much steam and heat can "scorch" the fine feathers and do more harm than good, but a gentle hot, moist breeze can do wonders.
As an alternative you can dunk the whole cape in water, squeeze it semi-dry in a towel and then use a hair blow dryer. That is very unlikely to harm anything and can be used for the finest and most fragile materials.
Martin
Martin,
thanks for the fine article, it was a interesting birthday present for me in september. Since then I kept it in mind and now want to try it with a Whiting Spey hen cape. You mentioned to be careful with such fragile feathers? Would you recommend to steam the whole cape, or better single feathers. I am a little anxious about ruining it and it is so difficult to get new stuff.
Thanks in advance.
Jan
Hello Pit
I never tie them in tubes, it's a great idea!!! Let me know the result !!
If you ever need more info about the fly or materials don't hesitate to write me.
Best regards
Ramiro
you seem to have all the new beadhead prince nymphs but do not have the "original" wondering why?
Whatever happened to Herman? he certainly knew how to strike a pose!
Paul
Dear Martin,
Regardless of some idiotâs comments, I also do enjoy your website and your view on C&R
As JanW points out: it doesn't pay to argue with a fanatic. Especially this one, as he seems to be blind to the idiocy of his own arguments. For if his parent indeed taught him not to harm the soil, the birds, the bees, the sky, or the trees, I'm confused as to why he doesn't turn off his computer to chose a self-sustaining life (preferably) far away from the luxuries of western society and the large ecological impact that they have.
I hope your kids pay more attention to you, than he did to his parents ;)
Cheers, Harry
....it doesn't really pay to argue with a fanatic.
Paul,
I totally agree and I am really concerned and annoyed to read such rude statements about Martin and his family, so I won't argue, but only write some thoughts of a sick groupie:
- it is not worth to pay attention to fanatics and their often simple or at least one track minded statements. Getting attention is often the only reason for them to give a statement. What else could be the reason for them to be on a website together with sick groupies?
Martin,
Thanks for your article and for running your gorgeous GFF website in the way you do it.
Jan
Beautifull and impressing woodcarvings and painted so realistic.
You need a lot of skills to produce such fine art!
Tom Biesot.
Yeah Mark, be it religion, politics, ethnics, or what ever the cause of the day, it doesn't really pay to argue with a fanatic. And I'm sure you will answer again with vulgar language, and attack my family, or my way of life, and thats my point.
Hi, I just now saw this, sorry I didn't see it sooner. I don't use a lot of turkey feathers in the flies I tie, sad to say. You might surf around this site and see what tyers are showing flies tied with some turkey.
Sorry not to be of any help,
Gary
Tom, this work is such a fitting tribute. I love it~!!
Martin,
It's a good thing your kids have brains a little bigger than a fish.
Maybe they will recognize the error in your ways and not follow in your footsteps.
Then dozens,hundreds, thousands of fish will be spared the torture you so eagerly inflict.
Can't Stand the Heat, Get out of the Kitchen!
Mark
p.s. Why haven't any of your sick groupies jumped in to take your side?
p.p.s I rest my case
Mark,
Very well articulated and mature my friend! Keep that up and you will get far in life.
I rest my case. This conversation ends here for my part.
Martin
Martin,
What went right in my life.
My parents taught me not to harm the soil,the birds, the bees, the sky, or the trees.
If you need to eat, eat.
But eventually you will be eaten too.
Never play with your food.
Never torment your fellow earthlings.
Obviously, your parents did not get it.
And you sure don't.
Don't you & your cowardly groupies tell me about the danger of being "BADLY CUT" by a Pike!
Get in the water with a Great White and a knife.
Kill it, eat it with your own teeth, then tell me what you know about C&R!
What a bunch of Narcissistic,egomaniac, whimps!
C&R what a "CROCK- O- SHIT"
You and your whole groupe are pathetic.
You knowingly and intentionally cause innocent fish to suffer.
Justify that, you F...ING, pissant brained torturer of "Earth's Creatures"
Your Committed Adversary,
Mark
Mark,
I have no idea what went wrong in your life or your upbringing, but I don't remember ever having had such a rude and obnoxious comment on the site - and it's been out there for close to 20 years after all.
While I respect your opinion - in spite of your total lack of respect for mine - I have NO respect at all for the way you present it.
You are entitled to your standpoint, and I to mine, and you can defend yours with sensible arguments if you want, but not with some far fetched (and offensive) comparison between my kids and fish. You might compare your children to fish spawned in a cesspool, but I can tell you that mine have bigger brains than fish, more complex reaction patterns than fish and a totally different physiology with regards to pain, fear and a lot of other things.
Comparing hooking a fish to hooking a person is simply stupid.
Having studied biology I happen to know a bit about what I'm talking about, and I'm not the only one. I can recommend reading books like "Does fish feel pain?" by Victoria Braithwaite and "What Trout Want: The Educated Trout and Other Myths" by Bob Wyatt, which shed some light on fish physiology and "psychology".
And sure some of the fish I release have a hole in the lip (no, it's not "ripped"), but fear and loathing of humans? Come on now. Really? Fear, yes, but they are born with fear. Loathing humans? I don't think so.
PS: Fuck you, you moron! But kind regards to your family. They have no part in this.
PPS: At first I had no intentions of publishing your comment - not due to the personal offenses or your opinion - but because of the unnecessary rudeness. But you know what? I decided to do so, and here it is along with my reply.
Regards from a guy who both kills and eats fish
Martin
Sure Martin, You are a good guy. A manly man. But a sensitive man, With a true appreciation for Nature and it's gifts
Tell me where your kids live.
I'll come there and throw out an Ebelskiver with a pinched hook and drag them in as quickly as possible and handle them gently after I pull the "PINCHED HOOK" from their unfeeling lips.
Then I will gladly throw them back into the sesspool where you spawned them.
You are so fucking pathetic I can't believe I'm wasting my time on you but you pissed me off with your 10 fucking excusses.
Mark Patton 209-404-8733
p.s. only catch the fucking fish to feed your fucked up starving family
P.P.S. I doubt you have the fish guts to responde to this comment, "BUT IF YOU DO" you will not be throwing ME back with a ripped lip, fear and loathing of humans, a slim chance of survival and a"have a nice day fishy!"
Nice video, nice trouts, and nice music. I know this life, I'm a jaz musician and a fly fisher, I love this things, this life.....
I use a small tube of GE 100% silicon. Any quality 100% silicon will suffice. It dries in 3 to 6 hours. Make the wing VERY sparse. Open the gap on the hook as you flatten the barb for better hooking. I would add more but I am in the Bahamas bonefishing for research on my next article! Work, work, work..........
A valuable contribution for folks teaching beginners tying .
Martin, I discovered your site about a year ago and have been a faithful reader ever since. Congratulations on nearly 20 years.
Glen
This streamer was named for Spofford Lake in Spofford NH approx a 20 min drive from Ora's home town of Keene.
The flies are gorgeous. I don't recall seeing these before.
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