Organza

[ducksterman]

In a recent thread Longs For Cuts mentioned "Cascade Crest's Body Fur" and in checking it out I saw it compared to Organza...can't seem to find that reference back.

Anyway I've been playing around with Organza and find removing the vertical strands to be a real PITA....here's what I mean... from a 7/2011 post of James Smith.

"Go by your local Michaels or Hobby Lobby and look in the fancy ribbon section for Organza ribbon. This is shear ribbon that looks like untra-fine mesh. It comes in a wide variety of colors including several metallics. It also takes markers very well. It also comes in several widths ranging from 1/4 inch to almost 2 inches wide. I find that the 1/2 to 1 inch wide works best from me. When you get to your tying desk, cut of about 6 inches of the ribbon of your choice and then cut it up the middle so you have two pieces. You can also only cut off one edge if you want extra long body wraps. When you have it cut in two, now remove all the lateral pieces of thread, leaving only the cross members of the mesh. When you're done, you'll have a single bound edge with hundreds of thin spikes, almost like a hackle feather after you've stripped of the barbs on one side. This material makes fantastic looking bodies on a wide variety of fly patterns. The smaller ribbon makes great looking nymphs while the wider ribbon makes nice leeches or even small baitfish patterns. You'll have lots of fun experimenting with differnt patterns using this as either the body or collars of different patterns.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions of if I made this sound more difficult/confusing than it really is.

Jim Smith "

Anyone have suggestions on how to make the process easier?.....Jim???

[Allan]

If you go to Michaels, JoAnn or Hobby Lobby, go into the Material department and find the bolt (I think that's what it's called) of Organza. These stores generally have the price "by the yard", but you can get a much smaller amount. I bought 6" of sifferent colors years ago and still have a sh**load of it somewhere. Easy to pick out the verticle threads if you just take about 1/4 inch at a time. Doing it like that you can get a huge quantity of the bright sparkly threads in no time. Oh, I think the prce was about $5 / yard. so see if you can just get 6" of white, yellow, blue and black.

Allan

[narcodog]

I went to JoAnn's last month and bought three colors for $6.00. More than I'll ever use. I told the clerk that I wanted to buy the least amount they would sell.

[herefishy]

I use the organza for "fluoro fibre"

[ducksterman]

What is fluoro fibre?

BTW are you folks talking Organza ribbon or sheet material?

[narcodog]

What I bought came off a bolt,sheet.

[Steven]

I've bought small sheets in white from Feather Craft. Didn't find it too much of a PITA just to pull fibers off.
I use organza for spinner wings and for posts on very small parachutes - like tricos. It reflects the sun pretty well, helping me to spot a small fly.

[AlanB]

This is a caddis pupa pattern I tied some time ago using organza as a rib over nymph skin.

I found that the easiest way to strip out the long fibres is to cut the length you want from the edge of the ribbon then make a short 1/8 to 1/4 inch cut along and against the salve edge of the ribbon. Grip the trimmed piece and pull it free. It also gives you a stripped section to tie it in with. Here's the photo from a SbS I did for a similar fly (Partridge legs in place of the Veli Auti legs)

If there is interest I'll put the whole thing up.
Cheers,
A.

[AlbaSurf]

I found that the easiest way to strip out the long fibres is to cut the length you want from the edge of the ribbon then make a short 1/8 to 1/4 inch cut along and against the salve edge of the ribbon. Grip the trimmed piece and pull it free. It also gives you a stripped section to tie it in with. Here's the photo from a SbS I did for a similar fly (Partridge legs in place of the Veli Auti legs)

If there is interest I'll put the whole thing up.
Cheers,
A.

I am interested!

[ducksterman]

Me too......