Hi,

Ok. I'm sure this is only new to me but ...

A while back I found some cotton balls in the medicine cabinate. Most were white, but there were also pale yellows, pale blues and reds, etc. I grabbed a pale yellow one, and used this as body dubbing material for a light cahill. Worked so well, I tied up a bunch in sizes 12 down to 18. The cotton dubbed one really easily, produced a nice tapered body, and having fished them, hold up well after multiple takes.

Looking at my supply, one cotton ball looks to be enough to tie up a huge number of flies (multiple dozens). Also, the colours are very subtle.

For those who dye their own materials, cotton takes a dye quite easily, which makes all those white ones very tempting.

- Jeff