I think that you'll find that "new" material is really just eyelash yarn. I been using it for bugger and other patterns for several years and I have it in many colors including metallic. You can find it on ebay by searching on eyelash yarn where it usually goes for about $3.50 per skein of 93 yards which is I suspect a bit less than the fly shop charges. I don't think that there are very many yarn products actually manufactured for fly tying since it is such a small, specialized market. Rather you'll find that it has been re-purposed, re-packaged and re-priced at a re-diculous profit. I'm not trying to knock any fly shops. This is a good product with lots of uses. I just trying to keep the cost down a bit.

Jim Smith