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I know a lot of you have tied the boa yarn flies. I need help finding the yellow boa yarn. I have tried over a half dozen sites on Internet, many Walmarts, Hobby Lobbys, and fabric stores and no one has the yellow boa yarn. Can you please help me? Thanx in advance, mathcarver
here's some that maybe what your looking for on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Crafts-/1433...ellow+boa+yarn
Mike
None around Paris either. I did find a gold color yarn that had loops on one side. Split the loops and tied it up on a streamer hook. It looks pretty shaggy like a leech. Only $1 at Big Lots. Have not fished with it yet.
Bob9
I think we have a case of temperature discrimination. It doesn't get cold enough in McComb or Paris for the store to have a demand for that product in your area.
Shoot me a PM with your address...... I have some.
This has come up before. I can't find it at a store either. Got a couple feet at a yard sale last spring but thats all.
It is just about impossible to find, unfortunately. I bought some on eBay that turned out to be a bit of a darker yellow ("goldenrod") than what I was hoping. The best yellow boa yarn I've used is a nice bright yellow that is made by Mei Mei. Rick Z had sent me a skein of it several years ago. In the same sharing spirit he exhibited, I in turn have gifted quite a bit of it to others.
My "lifetime supply" may not actually last me that long, but I can still share. :D
There are a number of manufacturers that sell boa yarn...it surprises me the lack of availability of many of the colors we are interested in. In addition to the yellow, other colors of it that are worth using include black, white, various shades of gray/silver, and orange. Brown, purple, ...I've seen a lime/chartreuse color that my neighbors used in some crafts, but I haven't seen it sold anywhere. Strange, right?
Wouldn't white boa yarn and a supply of Sharpies cover a multitude of colors?
Ed
[QUOTE=EdD;471365]Wouldn't white boa yarn and a supply of Sharpies cover a multitude of colors?
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Ed: I tried that some years back. Did it work? Yes. Easy to do No - a pain in the rear .
Tim
So Dave , are you saying you want those colors?Quote:
Originally Posted by FishnDave
Ducksterman,
I have all those colors (and a few more), except the bright lime/chartreuse color. I have a "key lime" color, which is sort of close....but it isn't nearly bright enough, compared to the chartreuse, and doesn't light up under a UV light at all. I've tried the key lime anyway, but the yellow has worked better....so far.
OR, what about white yarn and some clothing dye or household items that you can experiment with until you get a color you like?Quote:
Originally Posted by EdD
Turmeric (an indian spice) makes a very pretty yellow color (though it's definitely NOT chartreuse)
Karli-Rae
Considering the possibilities of garments that could be produced from chartreuse boa yarn, the EPA probably banned the production of that product beyond a small batch from which your neighbor obtained theirs.
:) Probably!Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse
My neighbors made some cool bunny rabbit stuffed animals out of it. They may have bought the boa yarn already attached to a fabric backing...rather than sewing the yarn to it themselves? Whatever they did....I liked the color!
How could the government which allowed leisure suits and double-knit polyester disco-wear ban boa yarn?Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse
Ed
There were a lot of folks smoking funny cigarette and experimenting with chemistry back in those days. If they didn't get elected to office most moved to Colorado and Washington state.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdD
I have looked at CCT Craft fur online.
It looks something like boa yarn.
Might check in a fly shop to see what it looks like.
Rick
Couldn't you buy a skein of the white if you don't already have some and dye as much as you want with ritt dye?
The short answer is...yes. :oops: :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by rainbowchaser
Since I haven't dyed materials before, I looked into it a little bit, to see if it was possible to create a truly bright "chartreuse"...one that would glow under UV light. Turns out you CAN get a chartreuse...but I've no way of knowing about the "glow" part without trying it. Has anyone here died materials chartreuse with RIT dyes?
Sorry if this hijacks the thread...
David,
I've played with dying materials before.
The real problem with it is the learning curve. If you have lots of material to 'practice' on, and the time to figure out the formula to get the exact color you want, then eventually you'll be happy with the results. If you aren't too picky, and just want a 'sort of chartruese' you can probably figure it out with a couple of batches. 'Really Bright' will be difficult, I'd think, but not impossible. They do have UV dyes available that wil give you a glow...
The folks that do this professionally have better dyes, more exactly controlled conditions, and the experience to get it done correctly without initially wasting more than a few hundred kilos of material.
Up to you if you want to expend the effort. There are quite a few tutorials available online that will help you get started and help shorten the curve.
Just be prepared for some failures.
Good Luck!
Buddy
Good points, Buddy. I don't plan to dye anytime soon. :)
Mathcarver, let me know when it gets there!
Boa yarn is made of synthetic fibers, I tried rit, Easter egg, and koolaid dyes on white boa. It wouldn't take those dyes even under heat.
I found yellow online a couple of years back, think it was on ebay. As I recall I watched for several months before finding it.
Wayneb
Most synthetic fibers have the color "baked-in" so the do not respond to the traditional dying process. You can however, changed their colors with India Ink mixed with 70 Rubbing alcohol. Do a Google search on dying synthetic wigs and you’ll find some videos on the process. It should work the same way with the synthetic yarns. Keep in mind, you still can not dye a dark color to a lighter color; only lighter colors to darker. For example, you could change the color of white yarn to yellow this way.
Jim Smith
I just did a search for 'Bernat Boa Yarn' and found this. There are other sites selling this stuff too.
http://www.yarnsupply.com/bernat-boa...creative_id%5D
Allan
Found some yellow:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-5-X-50g-BALLS-YELLOW-TASMIN-EYELASH-FEATHER-KNITTING-YARNS-WOOL-TRIMS-CRAFTS-/281049177974?pt=UK_Crafts_Knitting_Crochet_EH&hash =item416fd61f76
I can't vouch for how it compares to what I've used in the past...it is a different brand. The color looks pretty close, based on the picture. Buy at your own risk. :)
FishnDav, I looked at the yarn on the website you furnished. It looks like it to me. I am hoping some others on FAOL will look at it and give their opinion. I did have a yarn company contact me today and say that Bernat no longer makes the yellow that we use. Thanks again for website. mathcarver
A couple quick points about color because several posts here show a bit of a misunderstanding ... UV light is a wave length outside the visual range of most humans. The wave length is too long for us to see it. When a black light is turned on we see the tiny visual spectrum parts of its output, but not its primary output.
When that UV light hits a fluorescent material it refracts the light waves in a shorter wave length. Most materials reflect it as the same wave length or refract it to a longer wave length. Very, very few actually fluoresce with a shorter wave length...
UV light is a good thing for flies because it penetrates water farther than any color in the visible spectrum. Many fish can see UV which is outside our visible spectrum.
When colors fluoresce under UV (blacklight) they show what happens when a fly is reached only with UV... It refracts the mostly invisble UV as a shorter, and now visible wavelength.
So the light is carried to depth invisibly and then converted to a color fish can see at much greater depth...
Hope this helps...
art
Is eyelash yarn the same thing? There seems to be a number of sources for it. Think we could get Rick to do a SBS on those flies?
Bill
Eye lash, from what I have seen has much long, thinner, spaser strandsthat boa yarn. different manufactures call things different things.
Search boa yarn flies. It was the FOTW Long ago.
Rick
Rick:
Should have known it was available. Thanks for the difference between eye lash and boa.
Bill
Last night I ordered 2 skeins of the yellow boa yarn that FishnDave posted website on from above. Suppose to get it next week. Will let all of you know how it looks when it gets here. Thanks to all of you for everything. Bob
Are you sure you ordered 2 skeins...or 10? :D I had also ordered...one order was for 5 skeins, the way I read it?
My order supposedly shipped on Wednesday, but as its coming from the UK, it may take a couple weeks. I think the material style should be good, I'll let you know how the yellow color compares to the other brand(s) I have already.
FishnDave your were right about the amount of boa yarn. I ordered 2 skeins thinking that was 2 bundles of yarn and I got 10 bundles instead. Looks to be exactly what we are presently using with the exception that it is a MUCH BRIGHTER and shinier yellow. Bundles are not quite as large as what we get here. I know a lot of you are probably tired of boa yarn posts but I told you I would let you know what it looked like when I got it. Thanks everyone for you input. This is by far the best fly fishing forum in existence. mathcarver
Thanks for the update! I haven't gotten my order yet, unless it came in today's mail.
It came in today's mail. Looks good! Just slightly deeper yellow, and bright. I think it gonna work great!