How to with tails

[jock0]

What's the preferred method of burning?

[smallstreams.co.za]

What's the preferred method of burning?

What I would try (if I REALLY had no other option) was to take a clothing iron, place the fibbets flat on a cutting board or something, and just do a quick draw from the center to the "end" of the fibbets, this should stretch and taper them ... in theory.

In practice I'd get some new ones, or use/buy a paintbrush!!

[jock0]

What I would try (if I REALLY had no other option) was to take a clothing iron, place the fibbets flat on a cutting board or something, and just do a quick draw from the center to the "end" of the fibbets, this should stretch and taper them ... in theory.

In practice I'd get some new ones, or use/buy a paintbrush!!

Surely lion matches would work better? They're cheaper and I read in (insert famous FF name) 's book that... Just taking the p1ss

[Byron]

Surely lion matches would work better? They're cheaper and I read in (insert famous FF name) 's book that... Just taking the p1ss

Bic lighters are better - over a 1000 lights, that's a lot of tails

[Nymph+O-]

I once tried tying a realistic MF pattern from TCFFM magazine. The author of the fly used mono for the fibbets (sanded to a taper). I tried doing this but found it extremely time consuming + your fingers also seem to end up with a bit of a taper . If you are crazy enough you can give this method a bash but I'd go with the rest of them blokes on this one.

[smallstreams.co.za]

I once tried tying a realistic MF pattern from TCFFM magazine. The author of the fly used mono for the fibbets (sanded to a taper).

WTF??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?