Any one getting boa yarn flies from me. Please put some head cement on the thread wraps. They are double whip finished but the thread is coming undone.
Not sure if it is the thread or the tyer, but do this so they will last longer.
Rick
Don’t worry, Rick. I use most of the flies that are sent to me for copying so I don’t fish with the originals 
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I have my own tying policy. If I lash material down in a tying step with thread, it gets a drop of some kind of cement or glue. Thread heads or whip finishes always get cement or glue. I’m not into production fly tying so time is not a factor for me. Any added reinforcement always helps my flies to be more durable. Instead of five fish on one fly, I might get ten or more depending on the fly material.
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 01 May 2006).]
Rick, thanks for the “heads up”.
Ed
Any good internet sources for boa yarn? I’m googling it and not finding any decent selection of colors. What I find is also at my local craft store and they have only two solid colors (white and black). Since these are polyester I’m told they will not dye easy.
Have to try some marker pens on white but this seems like a afterthought. The muliciloroed yarns might be good for hats and such but I’m not sure how it would work on fly.
MikieFinn, I get my Boa Yarn from Jo Anns Fabrics, they have it in all colors. John
Yep and Wal-Mart…at least they used to…haven’t looked lately.
I found some bright yellow and bright red online.
Look at the bi color boa ayrn flies in the archives of the fly of the week to see the colors.
Rick
Rick, thank you for that little tidbit of info. I put all the ones I got from you in my patterns tray. I am not a great tyer so I also put some type of headcement on all of my flies. mathcarver
Yes Rick, I too want to thank you for the information. I put SHHAN on almost all of my flies. I also put a drop of Super Glue on the tie in point and the tie off point when I tie Boa Yarn Leeches. John
I like to put some zap-a-gap on the hea dof the fly after I have made a few wrps with the thread.
The base of the yarn is a sort of mesh work. I like to have that very secure at the front of the fly.
Tug on the ends of the yarn alittle and you can see how the yarn will come apart.
Rick
Today I tied up a few flies with a synthetic yarn material called
Cherrio
The brand name is Moda Dea
It is constructed with a rib like boa yarn but instead of a fringe it has chenille like fluff and some thin flash strands.
I have the Amethyst color (purple). One of my creations resembles a rubber purple worm, others are more like wooly buggeers.
Have any of you tied with this stuff?
The mfg. web site is:
http://www.modadea.com/cheerio.htm
Enjoy
Ed