Fly Tying Material You Don't Use.

[Panman]

Got to thinking about a remark made by one of the frequent contributors on FAOL where he mentioned that he didn't use dubbing. This made me wonder if you have a dislike for using a common fly tying material and if so why.

To start it off I very seldom using metal beads. I much prefer Czech silver lined glass beads which are much less expensive than metal and the difference in weight can be made up with lead/lead free wire.

Tim

[jeffnles1]

I use some stuff more than others, but I can't say there's anything I won't use. I have some vinyl tubing that I don't use a lot of other than one specific fly I tie (dry fly on scud hook, parachuet style with the ribbing for a body, essentially a midge kind of).

There are colors I use more than others (I use a lot of brown and grizzly for Adams, and black and olive for warm water flies like woolie buggers). I use a lot of silver and gold tinsel for minnow imitation flies.

I can't think of anything I "never" use (there's a lot of stuff I don't have but the stuff I've bought/traded/been given, I use).

Jeff

[Normand]

marabou!

it gets all over the place and thats just taking it out of the baggie!

hares ear is about the same thing. it gets all over the place!

[namekagon]

Maybe the question should have been what do you prefer.
I like natural materials especially if I can incorporate a material I harvested myself.
The bottom line though...is it acceptable fly tying material or not. By that I mean...can I use it and still be considered fly fishing.

[Dave E]

Dubbing wax.

Why: Unnecessary.




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[maodiver]

Wings.

For a lot of dry flies, especially small ones, I don't wing them. Seems kinda unnecessary, especially if the wings blend in with the hackle (i.e. Adams)

I also find that I have a lot of Wood Duck flank that I end up with after hunting season which I give/trade away.

[Bass_Bug]

....The bottom line though...is it acceptable fly tying material or not. By that I mean...can I use it and still be considered fly fishing.

If you're casting it with a fly rod it's fly fishing. Even if it's a spinner fly with an added stinger hook like so:
http://www.landbigfish.com/images/st...JOE-Supers.jpg

Traditional? No, but still fly fishing if using a flyrod. As for the material part, I'd venture to say that most fly tyers would say they wont use spinner blades and clevis's on flies they tie.

[namekagon]

If you're casting it with a fly rod it's fly fishing. Even if it's a spinner fly with an added stinger hook like so:
http://www.landbigfish.com/images/st...JOE-Supers.jpg

Traditional? No, but still fly fishing if using a flyrod. As for the material part, I'd venture to say that most fly tyers would say they wont use spinner blades and clevis's on flies they tie.

By your definition, one could use an angleworm as part of the pattern and still be considered fly fishing.
My definition of what constitutes a fly is really pretty broad. My definition of fly fishing isn't.

[Eight Thumbs]

marabou!

it gets all over the place and thats just taking it out of the baggie!

hares ear is about the same thing. it gets all over the place!

Hi Norm,

When I first started tying I bought some loose duck breast feathers from Herter's that were just like your marabou. They were 33 cents for the most generous once of feathers you have ever seen. Once the package was open (a brown lunch bag) there was no getting the genie back in the bottle or the lunch bag as the case may be. I was forced to ditch the entire bag years later because there was virtually no controlling the feathers. They were in everything, Loose marabou is admittedly ugly stuff but it doesn't hold a candle to to those duck breast feathers. I think I still have a few renege duck feathers hiding out in every material bin and fly tying drawer I own even after deep-sixing the original bag and feathers over thirty-five years ago. 8T