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    Default Wing 'Burners' or 'Cutters'?

    Let's say you wanted to make 'shaped' wings for dry flies (mayflies, caddis, stoneflies)made out of feathers and you had a choice: A)Would you prefer to use Wing Burners or some type of Cutter? B)Why?

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    If both produced equal quality result the cutter would be a no brainer in my mind just so I wouldn't have to smell feathers burning.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Allan View Post
    Let's say you wanted to make 'shaped' wings for dry flies (mayflies, caddis, stoneflies)made out of feathers and you had a choice: A)Would you prefer to use Wing Burners or some type of Cutter? B)Why?

    Allan
    I would definitely use a burner. Mainly because of the problems of keeping a cutter sharp, but also because it is faster, and you already are holding the feather in the burner tweezers which makes placement on the fly thorax easier.

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