Breathing Life To Old Dries

[stylie]

As my Mayfly trip fast approach's I find myself going through my Dry fly box's and crying in dispair at the, flattened hackles, crooked wings, oily/sticky look due to over use from floatants.

However i do have a way of breathing new life into them, which im sure a lot of members here use, but maybe new guys dont. So heres the tip
Its simple its fast its effective.

Just bring a kettle to the boil and as the steam escapes hold the dry in the steam with a pliers for a few secs and watch as the hackles,wings and tails straighten themselves.

It works fine and for the next few days I will be giving all my old favourites a proper steam cleaning in hope they re pay my TLC

[sgt.colon]

Thanks, Stylie, a great tip I will be using.

[Gnat]

And here is me thinking you had discovered a remedy for Cothi !!

[del]

thanks for the tip i shall be using that after my dry fly weekend 26-28 may,ready for future use


del

[Cothi]

gnat said:

And here is me thinking you had discovered a remedy for Cothi !!

Very good Gnat.

Stylie, thanks for the tip, much appreciated. I will reciprocate. Here are the first two paragraphs of your post in a different form.


"As my Mayfly trip fast approaches, I find myself going through my Dry fly boxes and crying in despair at the flattened hackles, crooked wings and the oily/sticky look due to over-use from floatants.

However, I do have a way of breathing new life into them, which I'm sure a lot of members here use but maybe new guys don't. So, here's the tip. It's simple, it's fast and it's effective."

[stylie]

gnat said:

And here is me thinking you had discovered a remedy for Cothi !!

There is no known remedy ;D ;D ;D

[joey1]

Last time I put my flattened flies over the boiling jug was at my in-law's house.

My Farther in-law was very impressed. He told me the 'old boiling jug trick' worked great for the common cold. Simply put your face over the steeming kettle for a minute or so and breath through your nose.
Maybe thats why he's got a head on him like an baboons arse... red swollen and angry looking!

I've heard of boiling water, a little vic, and a towel over your head for a common cold, but not put your head over the bloody jug and boil away like a pot of fish heads.

He also puts cold tea bags on his eyes for styes... slap that on ya, straight out of last night's cold brew. A tea bag on the swollen eye, a head like a bloody bunion.

The wife made me try the teabag when I got conjuctivitis. Said it worked for her 'good old dad (step toe)'.

I can't wait till I can put him in the home!

J.

[yaffle]

Great method-works a treat!