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I have played around with cat tails for fire starting here and there a few times, but no major efforts. Today I made a hole in the snow and practiced fire starting with the tails, again. It was windy out and I semi tried to shield the fluff but it still almost exploded on light up with a fero rod. I would get small clumps to stay lit for about 3-4 seconds but that was it. I find the material to be insanely flammable, almost too so. Any tips on next stage build up ? I didn't have any dried grass at that location today and this was more or less spontaneous practice. So far I have found local dried grass easier to work with, but I have far more experience with that. The point of all this is to use locally available natural materials......The stuff goes up like a rocket.