Re: Stripped Peacock Quill Bodies
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:51 pm
Bob, I use artist's turpentine. If you have a Michael's nearby they have 50% coupons you can use. The hardware stuff is too sludgy. You probably mean benzoin.
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narcodog wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:05 pm Dana, your the first person that mentioned stripping the rachis. I have some that I stripped back in the '70's that I have had stored in a jar of glycerin.
W.S. different subject, what do you use to thin Kelson's head cement and what is the liquid wax made of I know that odor but I just can't place it.
Thanks Bill, I do have some artist's turpentine. A woman at an artist supply wanted to sell me some odorless turpentine, have you used that?
I wonder where I got the info, it must have been in Fly Fisherman mag.Theroe wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:55 amnarcodog wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:05 pm Dana, your the first person that mentioned stripping the rachis. I have some that I stripped back in the '70's that I have had stored in a jar of glycerin.
W.S. different subject, what do you use to thin Kelson's head cement and what is the liquid wax made of I know that odor but I just can't place it.
Bob -Ted Niemeyer gets the credit for the duck rachis body - somewhere there is a description in one of the older books, I just can’t remember which one. Also, the bread crust is tied with a grouse rachis - very durable I might add...... i’ve never had one break.
Dana
OMG, a jig hook ? That’s blasphemyForumGillie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:54 pm I have been tying with some hand stripped quills from Polish Quill in several dyed colors that I ordered from Competitive Angler during their sale. I really like the look of the stripped peacock quills dyed, especially the golden olive, olive and ginger colors. After I wrap the quills onto the hook shank I coat the quills with Loon UV finish then finish the fly. I also tried Sally Hansen Hard as Nails which works too, but you have to wait for it to dry versus the Loon UV coating that I just hit with my UV light.
I have been tying both soft hackle and nymph patterns with them. They help give the bodies a really nice segmented look. I decided to put this topic under the Nymph section since I am showing a couple of beadhead nymphs on jig hooks. (They also make great quill bodies for classic Catskill dry flies.)
Has anyone else tried them?
Bill - there’s no easy way to strip quills...... usually, I do the soak-clip-trim routine, but it is very time-consuming.
Dana, can you describe how I might do this? Which feather does the quill come from?Theroe wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:21 amBill - there’s no easy way to strip quills...... usually, I do the soak-clip-trim routine, but it is very time-consuming.
Truth be known, I bought two packs of Ted Niemeyer quills on line-someone was selling some of his collection after he passed away.......
Dana