My observation on this is that electrical wire is softer and more pliable than the wire spooled for fly tying use. That might be because it's not coated. I can strip insulation and pull out a piece of wire and it lays flat and the rest of the wire stays where it's at. Uncoil a spool of fly tying wire and it keeps unspooling and becomes a tangled mess. The electrical wire lasts as long as the fly it's tyed on, which for me lasts usually one trip to the creek. Jim
I'm either going to, coming from or thinking about fishing. Jim