OK...maybe sumtin more useful.....cleaning hook eyes.
So your streamer has a nice formed head and you've applied head cement...hard as hull...or whatever...it hasn't quite cured...sometimes even if it has. You want to clean out the eye without damaging that nice shiny head... yeah I know the tooth pick trick...no sweat...heat up your bodkin and burn the finish out with zero damage to head finish.
If this is an old trick...it was an unintentional tips and tricks infringement on my part. :lol:
Re: OK...maybe sumtin more useful.....cleaning hook eyes.
i just use a leftover piece of hackle stem and stick it through the eye and cement then pull it out
Re: OK...maybe sumtin more useful.....cleaning hook eyes.
What's wrong with using a sewing needle? I have a pin on the end of my clippers and a tailors "T" pin in my flytrap. I insert the pin into the eye and rotate it in circles to open up the eye and bore out the glue.
Re: OK...maybe sumtin more useful.....cleaning hook eyes.
Regarding combing out underfur--get a piece of velcro--the pile stuff (not the fuzzy stuff)--any fabric store has it or an old pair of kids sneakers--just touch it to the dubbing and instant bugginess