Derf, If it's not too much to ask, I'd like to see a picture of these hands of yours. I have been trying for three years now to figure out why in the springtime, I get little blisters on my hands. Do they itch at first? I've bought an array of new warmwater fly lines, thrown away my leather mowing gloves, scrubbed the dickens out of my rods, trying to find the culprit. This bucktail was something I considered semi-seriously, as I don't start tying many bucktail patterns until around the end of February or first of March. This has driven both my doctor and myself up the wall to the point that now I'm just living with it.

Thanks,
Rory.