Dying materials

This might sound silly but I am going to share it anyway. I like to tye Rangeley streamers, and I have been having a hard time finding certain colors of Whiting American Rooster Necks for sale. I have several on order from reputable vendors, and when I ask for shipment dates the answer has been " when Whiting is ready to ship, they will ship". Well, I am going to the Rangeley (Maine) region in June, and I have several patterns I want to tye. Which brings me to my new experience. I looked up the Kool Aid dying instructions on this site and dyed some grizzly and white hackle the colors I was looking for. The colors came out great, but the real benefit is that dying my own material has added so much to the tying experience. I never took so much time tying a fly as I did with this hackle! I recommend trying this, not only will you save a ton of money, you will find a new satisfation in your fly tying.

I haven't had any luck finding this information on FAOL. Could someone help
me out??
Thanks!
Kahuna

Kahuna,

just type in Kool Aid Dying in the search function

Kahuna,

Try these FAOL threads for more info:

[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004502.html:afb60]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004502.html[/url:afb60]

[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004694.html:afb60]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004694.html[/url:afb60]

[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/005038.html:afb60]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/005038.html[/url:afb60]

[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/005149.html:afb60]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/005149.html[/url:afb60]

I found those (and many others) by searching the Fly Tying forums here for just the word "kool".

Thanks to everyone for their help.
I used Easter Egg dye for getting my green hackle for this fly for the FOTW 1998 Swap: [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw/82498fotw.html:f7a4f]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw/82498fotw.html[/url:f7a4f]

The Mallard Flank didn't dye as well( I had heard it was harder to dye). How does it dye with the Kool Aid??
Kahuna

Kahuna,

You have to wash then soak the mallard in a dish detergent/warm water solution for several hours to get the natural oils out. Rinse well and then dye them.

Allan

I washed them but I didn't let them soak...I'll do that next time.
Thanks!!
Kahuna