Recently there has been interest in the Bernat Boa yarn…and there also has been questions about carp flies…here is an interesting fly relating to both…
[url=http://www.warmwaterflyfisher.com/flymonth/FOTM112005.htm:42b60]http://www.warmwaterflyfisher.com/flymonth/FOTM112005.htm[/url:42b60]
The twisting technique is of course furling and it could be used in a number of other patterns with that yarn or similar yarns…e.g. leech patterns or anything needing a tail.
[This message has been edited by ducksterman (edited 05 May 2006).]
What a cool fly !!!
I do not fish for carp. However I frequently use the twisting technique to create a tail.
I prefer (especially when tying with the longer eyelash yarns) to twist the yarn in a clip (such as a bulldog clip found at office supply stores). I then remove the twisted yarn from the clip and tie in to the hook. With the eyelash yarns I find it easer to keep the “eyelashes” from getting caught between the strands when I work with the yarn pointed towards me.
Ed
Here’s a little “irony”…was at Wal-Mart yesterday and as usual wondered through the yarn and saw a Red Heart yarn called Foxy…the color…“Grass”…looks like it would be perfect for this type of fly…and some others.