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Fly tying material thief!

Started by bigtroot, 23/11/2008 at 01:54

Barry Robertson


Went to look for some marabou earlier tonight and noticed something had decided to start eating it!
After further investigation i noticed most of my marabou at the base of the stems were white and looked like they had been stripped of feathers!
Anyone else seen this and is there anyway to get rid of the wee buggers.

Cheers,
Baz.

Irvine Ross

Baz

Bag all your feathers in polythene bags and put them in the deep freeze for a few days.

Should fix the little blighters :z16

Irvine

Barry Robertson

Sounds like its my only option anyway.
Can these wee bugs get into your fly box to? That would not be good!
:mad

Irvine Ross

Quote from: bigtroot on 26/11/2008 at 08:23
Can these wee bugs get into your fly box to? That would not be good!
:mad

Baz

Yes they can.  :cry If you have your fly boxes out on the table next to where you are fly tying they could jump in. The freezer trick will work for the fly boxes too.

Irvine

Barry Robertson

Quote from: Hares Lug on 26/11/2008 at 08:30
Baz

Yes they can.  :cry If you have your fly boxes out on the table next to where you are fly tying they could jump in. The freezer trick will work for the fly boxes too.

Irvine

I will be keeping a sharp eye on any movements Irvine  :z4
Thanks again.

Iain Goolager

Baz,

remember to defrost your flies before use :z4

Unless you like fishing the 'Ice Buzzer'

groan!

Barry Robertson

Will mind that Iain thanks
:z3
:z16

They dont half make a mess once they get started !
I use to laugh when people said to freeze my stuff but now i know why!

Iain Goolager

Baz,

I hope it's the only time you have to get your tackle frozen to remove little critters!

Iain

Barry Robertson

You sound like your talking from experience Iain  :z4

Iain Goolager


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