Working with Floss

[Steven]

What happened to Hans' dissertation on working with floss? Did it go poof?
I can't find it.

[ScottP]

Steven,

You mean this one? (his second post on the thread):

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...Spruce-Fly-SBS


Regards,
Scott

[Steven]

Bingo. Thanks Scott. I was getting tired of going through all your SBS's.

Not really

So here's the question. The floss I have is single strand but it seems to "spread out" and kind of come undone.

Anybody have an answer how to prevent this?

[AlanB]

Don't prevent it, use it! What you describe is the floss flattening Thats how you want it to lie. If your floss is on a spool try putting it in a bobbin holder. You want it to flatten but not so much as it spreads too far. With the floss on a bobbin you can control this more.
[EDIT] If your floss isn't on a spool or is the wrong size for your bobbin then cut a length and put some hackle pliers on it, that should help a little.
Cheers,
A.

[Steven]

I'll try it. Seems like I'll be banging spools a bunch, though.