Bring tired flies back
to life in seconds! A safe and simple method for reviving crushed and battered
hackles without damage to the fly.
Pick up a bruised or damaged fly with Hackleperk's special magnetic holder' Place it in the focused jet of temperature controlled steam and watch as bent, matted and crushed hackles, tails and wings are restored to original shape and position in seconds.
Designed to work flawlessly for years and made in the USA of the finest materials. Quickly perks up your battered flies after every outing, or before your next. Pays for itself in restored flies. Contributes to more "takes" and fewer refusals.
10 years ago HacklePerk listed for $60. Afew years ago if you wanted one, they went for $100. FlyBuy has managed to find a cache and can offer them at 50% off the original price.
Order # HacklePerk
$30.
Fly fishermen get used to the idea that, when they open their fly boxes in the spring, many of those beautiful patterns will be mashed, and often are discarded. Some anglers know that you can use a tea kettle, hold the flies individually over the steaming spout and the fly will return to its original shape.
But Brainwaves, Inc., has come up with a much better idea. The product, called Hackleperk, really works. I took some old flies and restored them in minutes to their original shape.
Hackleperk is a simple pot with a small container of water inside. When the unit is plugged into an AC outlet, it will deliver a tiny jet of steam. The unit comes with a magnetic hook holder that allows you to hold your flies over the steam and ,quickly restore them. It costs $61 with shipping charges.
On a recent fishing trip to the Deschutes River I waded in just a bit deeper than the lower pockets of my vest, which was distressing because ,it's a shorty vest. Once I'd peddled my feet back to the bottom I got out, shook myself like a Labrador, and dribbled the water out of all my fly boxes. That night I left them open to dry out so the hooks wouldn't rust. But all those beautiful dry flies and wet flies had their hackles matted down in the morning. The flies looked like a wildman had tied them.
When I got home I warmed up this new device called Hackleperk. It functions a bit like a little tea kettle, but is specifically designed for restoring flies. It puts out a minor jet of steam and coaxes hackles into newness without scorching your hand or steaming up the house.
It restored all of the flies that dunked on the Deschutes in short order. Then I put it to use on some flies that had been crammed too tightly into a dry fly box for a couple of seasons. They were it sorry lot when I started. They looked so good when I was done that I was ashamed into putting them into two fly boxes so they would no longer be crammed.
I thought the I Hackleperk would be pertect for winter tinkering, for restoring flies that had gotten matted during the season. It is perfect for that. I'd forgotten how clumsy a wader I am, and how often I need something to restore my flies throughout the season. Since it is a self-contained unit, and needs merely to have some water tipped into it before it is plugged in, I can use it right at my tying bench, rather than at the ktichen stove. I find myself restoring flies now that I would never have bothered with before, since it's so little hassle.
David Hughes
Astoria, Oregon