Removing grease from Dryflies
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:38 pm
Hi All
I have encountered a “problem” which I hope that one of you can help me with...
During this weekend, I was spending time tweaking my dry fly box, and tying a few new dries for the upcoming season (I know it’s early to do this, but I had some time on my hands, so why not?).
While going through my boxes, I realized that some of the flies from last season, which have been sitting in the box since last May, where still filled up with dry fly gel (I use Aquel from Loon). And even though I always allow my flies to dry after a trip, the grease was still there...
So I decided to remove the grease somehow. The solution I came up with, was to put the fly in a piece of paper towel, and then squeeze it between my fingers to “suck” out the grease. Afterwards I would then “restore” the fly, by using the old trick of holding it over some steam from boiling water.
And while this way worked very well, it was however very time consuming, as I had to squeeze each individual fly in the paper towel several times to get the desired result...
So my question is: Does anyone here have a trick, so I can remove excess grease in a quick and easy way in the future???
/Bendix
PS: I will try to use less gel on my flies in the upcoming season...
I have encountered a “problem” which I hope that one of you can help me with...
During this weekend, I was spending time tweaking my dry fly box, and tying a few new dries for the upcoming season (I know it’s early to do this, but I had some time on my hands, so why not?).
While going through my boxes, I realized that some of the flies from last season, which have been sitting in the box since last May, where still filled up with dry fly gel (I use Aquel from Loon). And even though I always allow my flies to dry after a trip, the grease was still there...
So I decided to remove the grease somehow. The solution I came up with, was to put the fly in a piece of paper towel, and then squeeze it between my fingers to “suck” out the grease. Afterwards I would then “restore” the fly, by using the old trick of holding it over some steam from boiling water.
And while this way worked very well, it was however very time consuming, as I had to squeeze each individual fly in the paper towel several times to get the desired result...
So my question is: Does anyone here have a trick, so I can remove excess grease in a quick and easy way in the future???
/Bendix
PS: I will try to use less gel on my flies in the upcoming season...