Hi there,

A fly tying friend gave me a piece of wire to tie some dropper nymphs with in size 14 and 16(mostly). The problem is I ran out and he does not have any more. I am trying to get some replacement and using Google, the stuff I think I want is UTC Ultra Wire but it comes in a variety of sizes. Depending on which web site you look at, they overlap terrible and I found "brassie" to be anything from a #8-#18 which seems a little wide in hook size.

Has anyone used this wire before? Do you have any hook size/wire size comparisons? I have Daiichi 1260 hooks in size 14 and 16 to use for these, what size of UTC wire should I get? Brassie?? It is in between small (not sure the hook size here) and extra small (size smaller than 18 so this is too small).

Dwight

ps> I am thinking of making dubbing brushes also and I think this will work nicely, maybe in the brassie size also? What do you think?