Synthetic hackle

[Betty Hiner]

At least that's what Orvis is calling it. 3 yards of the hackle is 8.99. It looks like and feels like, and ties like, Lion Brands Fun Fur yarn! 67 yards for 4.99!! What a hoot to use! Michaels and Hobby Lobby both have it...our local yarn store has it with FLASH in it too!! But that's 9.00 for 70 yards!! Way too kewl!

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Trouts don't live in ugly places

[GrayGhost]

Betty
you just named some of my favorite haunts for tyeing stuff.
Ghost

[James Smith]

I've been using eyelash yarn for tying for several years and I also find it amusing when the rename a product and mark it up about 2000%. Check for eyelash yarn on ebay and you'll find lots of good stuff to play around with, usually for about $7-8 per skein of 87 yards.

Jim Smith

[Gary Miller]

Jim Smith wrote: I've been using eyelash yarn for tying for several years...

Jim -

I too am a Hobby Lobby/Michael's junkie when looking for tying materials.

I have been seeing the "Eyelash Yarn" there for quite some time and thought there must be a place for it on the tying bench.

What do you use it for?


Betty Hiner wrote: It looks like and feels like, and ties like, Lion Brands Fun Fur yarn!

Betty -

Is the "Fun Fur Yarn" you mention the same as the "Eye Lash Yarn" that Jim wrote about?

Thanks to both of you.

- Gary

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"Catch 'em all...Put some back!"

[Robert T]

Based on the above, I bought some of both at Michael's, but for the life of me can not seem to make much use of it for fly-tying.

Some pictures of explanations would be helpful.

The eyelash stuff is to limp and the fun fur 'hackle' is over 1 inch long and just as limp.

Has anyone tried the Orvis stuff?

Bob

Robert T, I bet you can put it where we put about 99% of all the stuff we read about. At least that is what happens to me. Jan

[rel]

I ran across one possible use for the eyelash "hackle" yarn on another website. It is used for tying the "belly" of a flounder fly then a dark feather is laid over the top. This yarn might also be useful for tying some of the very small patterns needed in saltwater. Just my $.02

[Betty Hiner]

Spent the last week using some of the flies I tied with the fur/eyelash yarns. The longer fur works as great streamer/leech materials. The shorter makes great collars for wet flies/spiders. The flash makes great "extended body" attractors. Didn't have any saltwater close by (it's Missouri, you know) but it would make super small saltwater flies too.

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Trouts don't live in ugly places

[ducksterman]

FUR OUT...doesn't have some of the issues mentioned above.

Here's a Dec. 20,04 thread...
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/003916.html:e6041]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/003916.html[/url:e6041]

[This message has been edited by ducksterman (edited 21 March 2005).]

I use fake eyelash's for tails on nymphs, you can find them in the cosmetic section at your "Local Drug Store.


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[This message has been edited by Steven H. McGarthwaite (edited 22 March 2005).]