scud back

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heres a good article on scud back (when it originally came out i was told it was the same thing) and where to get some cheap. follow the links in the article

http://singlebarbed.com/2010/02/20/you-can-use-the-extra-on-your-underwear/

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Would this be the same or similar stuff?..10 bucks for 50 yards is a little bit of overkill…at least for my uses…

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&flag=true&PRODID=prd17779

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yup i would think so

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Duckster,

That’s what I use. Works fine so far. Takes markers well.

Buddy

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It is nice to have friends that when you (myself) have been talking about the commercially available scud back material, and how it is so expensive for a few strands of some gel formed strips. This friend sends me some PARAFILM “M” LABORATORY FILM, Pechiney Plastic Packaging (Chicago, IL 60631).

I can cut it to any width I want, and my Sharpie Pens, work on it, with not rubbing off. just two 4" x 9" sheets are enough to last me a long time.

It is nice when friends remember their Swapmeister.

Thank Bob!

~Parnelli :smiley:

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I thought it said 5 yards, not 50.

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Kel,

I buy mine five yards at a time from JoAnnes (Ducksterman’s link). The guy in Normand’s link got 50 yards of it. Not that it’s not cheaper that way, just that I tie hundreds of flies a month and it would still take me many years to go through 50 yards of this stuff.

Buddy

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Thanks Norm and Ducksterman; this was just what I was looking for.

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Parafilm is alright but it’s not elastic like scud back and not very durable if you stretch it. Unstretched though I guess it would be alright but it’s kind of cool stuff to work with.