What do you think the most versatile material is in your tying? For me I would have to say CDC...you can use it for anything...bodies, wings, dubbing, hackle, the list goes on and on.
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Most Versatile Material?
What do you think the most versatile material is in your tying? For me I would have to say CDC...you can use it for anything...bodies, wings, dubbing, hackle, the list goes on and on.
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PT
At the moment it's Polyprop. I am in a Synthetics Period right now and having a lot of fun. Apologies to traditional tiers. Jax
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For me it would have to be rabbit fur. I can use it for tails, dubbing, wings, wing cases, leeches and of course streamers and Zonkers. If I were limited to one material plus thread, I would pick rabbit fur.
Jim Smith
I'll have to second Rabbit, especially if you include 'snowshoe'. More uses, more colors, easily available, inexpensive, easy to use durable. Can't ask for more than that.
Allan
Even though it may smack of a lack of traditionalism; I have to say foam.
All my beetles are foam and most of my other terrestials; my extended body flies and bass creations. If I want it to float like a cork I start with foam!
For me it is a throw up between rabbit and foam.
Strange I just did a piece on Hare's mask. Will go with that for now. You can do it all with the fur from a hare's Mask. Spin it for muddler style heads. Make "hackles" out of it for dries as well as dub it for some of the best trout flies you will ever get.
Cheers,
Alan.
AlanB: this might interest you too. [url=http://www.flyfield.com/hare.htm:bf147]http://www.flyfield.com/hare.htm[/url:bf147] and I agree, all the flies you need can come from a hare's mask. Second would be peacock, but you can't get dry flies from them. Between the two I think you can do anything.
[This message has been edited by Greg H (edited 10 August 2005).]
The most common material in my flies is thread, almost all of them have some...
second best is a tie-off between Hare's mask and hackle.
Roy
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