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Old March 14th, 2007, 05:24 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
JR
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Default Hatching midge/Hatching Mayfly

Louis Owen wrote:
Question: I've tied up a bunch of HATCHING MIDGES and plan on tying some
HATCHING MAYFLY PMDs. ( from the book: Randall Kaufmann's "DRY FLIES") In
both cases the wingcase and shuck are made of CDC.

Can these be used with floatant or will it ruin them?


It will ruin them. Get a piece of Amadou and squeeze the flies
with it as needed.

- JR