Tom: Thank you for the nice article on various methods on how to strip to create quills for dressing the fly pattern.

On the erasers strip, I like to use a large white eraser "SANFORD MAGIC RUB", it is white in coloration, and much softer in texture for rubbing!

As for bleaching, after bleaching and rinsing the quills in clear water, I let them dry on a piece of paper toweling. Then I can color the quills using various permanent markers that I have to get the desired color and shading.

I like the oil method to get the quills more flexible (but some oils have a habit of going rancid when exposed to air), I prefer using Canola Oil.

Again thank you for the article. ~Parnelli