I was making another bodkin with my Dremel and as I grinding a tip I burned my fingers from the heat of the friction Then it hit me like a sack of rocks... I picked up a Bic lighter and heated up the bodkin tip and put it to the eye of a poorly tied fly and sure as day it cleaned it out! Then I tried it on some hackle, same results. So for you el cheapos like myself go ahead and give it a try.

Travis