Hey guys I need a new fly tying material any suggestions?
I just need something new to play with.
Just name anything!
Gorilla Glue
Here’s a challenge Tom, next trip by car, visit a Dollar Store or discount store and walk the aisles with flies in mind. Put together a few goodies and get creative. Looking forward to seeing your “Dollar Fly”
Great idea Dave. I still do that to find ideas for tying at times. I have found items for pennies that would cost alot more at the fly shop.
Latex gloves or condoms. You can make a sweet nymph with those.
If you want to start experimenting a bit with tandem streamers there are a ton of patterns out there. Some steel leader and two hooks will get you started, tie the leader and thread it through the eye of the first hook before tying it on tot he second hook.
craft fur is a good choice
Several years ago I bought a hair weave at the dollar store and early this year I was given a scrap of caribou hair. You can always check our your friends and neighbors dogs and cats.
Pearl Ice Dub
Don’t know how it would be, but you can get it for free, just collect your cloths drier lent since it collects in that lint trap? I have not tried this, but you ask for new tying material and that just kind of jumped into my head, LOL! May need to shake a little dirt or bad stuff out? I was just thinking of free and a challenge.
Skip
Why don’t you find a site that has a lot of fly recipes. Then comb through the recipes and identify materials that you have not used in your tying. One such site is none other than FAOL.
Good Luck.
Tim
cat fur…or cat fur strip…depending on the state of the cat.
Navel lint.
I found some landscape/weedblock fabric (not the plastic stuff) at a local nursery that makes great wings for hoppers, stoneflies. A little heavier than Web Wing and it’s not mottled but the fish don’t seem to care and a 3’ x 25’ roll of this should last for a few seasons.
Regards,
Scott
How about Himalayan Mt Goat hair? I have some if you eed some. I use it for tying streamers and bass bugs.
Another one is Teflon Plumbers Tape (Lowes or Home Depot any hardware store). Great for tying grubs.
WOW! Thank you for all the suggestions.
lets see… Dave: on the 'Dollar Fly" idea,I do that every time I go somewhere and everywhere. (Goodwill is my favorite I’ll have to make a fly with stuff I’ve found later)
quivira kid: Pearl Ice Dub sounds good,I’ve heard positive stuff about that.
Skip48: it just falls apart I’ve tryed it lol.
Panman: Okay I’ll have to try that.
butternut-tyer: I’ve never heard of Himalayan Mt Goat hair is it like icelandic sheep?
and I’ll have to try Teflon Plumbers Tape.
Thank you everyone for the suggestions
TomS
TomS,
Go by your local Michaels or Hobby Lobby and look in the fancy ribbon section for Organza ribbon. This is shear ribbon that looks like untra-fine mesh. It comes in a wide variety of colors including several metallics. It also takes markers very well. It also comes in several widths ranging from 1/4 inch to almost 2 inches wide. I find that the 1/2 to 1 inch wide works best from me. When you get to your tying desk, cut of about 6 inches of the ribbon of your choice and then cut it up the middle so you have two pieces. You can also only cut off one edge if you want extra long body wraps. When you have it cut in two, now remove all the lateral pieces of thread, leaving only the cross members of the mesh. When you’re done, you’ll have a single bound edge with hundreds of thin spikes, almost like a hackle feather after you’ve stripped of the barbs on one side. This material makes fantastic looking bodies on a wide variety of fly patterns. The smaller ribbon makes great looking nymphs while the wider ribbon makes nice leeches or even small baitfish patterns. You’ll have lots of fun experimenting with differnt patterns using this as either the body or collars of different patterns.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions of if I made this sound more difficult/confusing than it really is.
Jim Smith
A lot of gals wear really neato-looking feathers in their hair that you might use to wrap around a hook, if you can find any of them… 
Ed
How about 'Panthera leo Indispensible’?
If you know what the primary ingredient for the dubbing of the Tups Indispensible fly is made from, then you get the idea of what primary dubbing material you need for this newly named fly.
I don’t think I need say more.
Allan
Allan,
I’ll tie the fly if you collect the dubbing.