Aritificial Wing Material, Poly Yarn/polypropelene/sparkle emerger yarn?

[lastchance]

What artificial yarn would you think is best for a wing post or split wing dry flies? I guess I'm asking which ties and floats the best. I use a lot of snowshoe mostly, and it works just fine. I just looking for something in addition.

[ScottP]

Bruce,

Congo Hair (polypropylene, I think) works for me.

Regards,
Scott

[planettrout]

Try some of this:

http://www.epflies.com/estore/products/4893

...or this:

http://www.chifly.com/Product/Detail...-Aero-Dry-Wing


PT/TB

[Jayatwork]

Poly yarn (polypropylene) probably floats best, But I don't care for the look of it.

I've used a lot of different materials and most worked fine. Currently I mostly use either Congo Hair or Widow's Web.

[whatfly]

All of these work. I like Widows Web and Hi Viz when I'm looking for a brighter post, but at times have used any of the aforementioned and those flies caught fish.

[Max]

Polypropylene is the only material you mentioned that has a density less than water and thus is best for dressing dry flies.

[NJTroutbum]

Poly yarn. I agree, it lacks in appearance....but it floats the best.

[lastchance]

Are materials with the word "Poly" usually polypropylene?

[ScottP]

Are materials with the word "Poly" usually polypropylene?

Bruce,

That's what I thought, but chemistry was never my best subject.

Regards,
Scott

[Chuck441]

A question: since dry fly wings are vertical- or nearly so- above the water, why so much concern about the material's "floatability"? I've often read that a Wulff-style dry fly floats better in part because of the hair wings. Bushy hair tail? Sure. Heavy hackle? Absolutely. But high-riding hair wings? I really don't think so. Thus I choose the material(s) for my post wings, for example, by how they look to me, and how easy or hard it is to wrap a parachute hackle around them. Just my $0.05 (due to inflation).

Chuck