A few weeks ago I bought two spools of white ultra wire in size medium. I have been researching and cannot find a pattern that uses this. Can anyone help me out.
The good thing about fly tying is that you can tie anything with anything. Try tying a Hare’s ear nymph with the white wire as a rib. Or you can tie a Pheasant tail nymph with it. Might be a good fly that catch’s a lot of fish? Never know what will work in this game. Any nymph with wire in the pattern could be one you try with the white wire. You could also use it to rib Wooly Bugger’s. All white Buggers work well here. What ever trips your trigger. Good tying. Ron
Hi Warmwater,
I once watched a cooking show about New Orleans style cooking which summed up an important lesson about fly tying. The instructor was explaining how to do a recipe to a novice cook and named an ingredient that the novice didn’t have. The novice asked what to do if you didn’t have that ingredient and the cook responded, “Whatever you got.” The novice asked the same question several more times during the show and received the same response.
The same holds true for fly tying. When it comes to a particular pattern. " Whatever you got." In fly tying, the rule is even more liberal, it’s “Whatever you want.” 8T 
Well IF you are lucky enough to have a Trico hatch near you and you enjoy fishing dinky flies, try making a female Trico with a white Ultra Wire abdomen.
I tie and use them for those Trico sippers that prefer the sunken spinners over the high floating variety. I use Fibbettes for the tail, white Ulra Wire for the abdomen and black or dark brown dubbing for the thorax. Pearl Crystal Flash tied spent makes up the wing.
Try them, they work!
BTW I also make an all black version too.
Learned a long time ago, that White can become any color you want, with the help of some Sharpie’s (Permanent Ink Markers). This works for white thread, white dubbing, even white coated wire.
I take a basic fly tying kit with me, when I am fishing away from home base area. I only take the White Stuff, (Thread, Wire, Dubbing) an assortment of hooks, and a packet of Sharpie’s.
If you don’t already have a turbo dubbing twister, I suggest you get one and make about 10,000 dubbing brushes to use on all sorts of patterns. Email me if you’re interested in a Turbo Dubbing twister.
Jim Smith
Thanks everyone. Using the sharpies is a great idea, why didn’t I think of that?
I can vouch for Jim Smith’s Tubo Dubbing Twister. Great quality and lots of fun making dubbing brushes. Give him a call.
Pictures …a little description???
I also like a light colored wire to use as ribbing on crayfish patterns tied pale to represent soft-shelled (recently shed) crayfish. The tail segments look better ribbed with a light color, IMO.
Sorry about the super large photo. I’ll try to size it correctly.
Thanks
Jim Smith
James,
The link you posted only brings up a page that says the image has been moved.
WWFF,
You can use the white wire for zebra midges also. That is if you fish them at all. Real easy pattern too
Hook: Tiemco 200r # 18 - 22
Thread: black 8/0
Body: black and white ultra wire
Head: white plastic bead/white glass bead/ white thread your choice
Good luck, Dave
Hi,
I think the problem is that the link involves spaces in the name of the image file. If the image file could be renamed, with underscores instead of spaces, it should work. So Dubbing twister with brush1.jpg needs to be renamed as Dubbing_twister_with_Brush1.jpg. That is Jim needs to rename it at his Photobucket account. I suppose then a new post with updated link would be required as well.
- Jeff
Jim Smith, I’m interested in the turbo dubbing twister. How much are they?
- Warm Water Fly Fisher
Hey Bamboozle, on the trico pattern you say to use Fibbettes for the tail. I’m not sure what they are,can you help me out?
Isnt the medium size wire that Warm Water is talking about a little big for dry flies and dubbing brushes? Just wondering.
WHile I prefer the small size wiare for dubbing brushes, I have used medium and it works okay.
Jim Smith
Warm Water Fly Fisher:
Fibbettes are the shortened name for Microfibbetts, a synthetic material similar to paint brush fibers which are used for tails on dry flies. They usually come in a small package and are available in a myriad of colors. Of course you can always use long stiff hackle fibers instead.
I use light dun for female Tricos and black for male Tricos tied split at a 90 degree angle. One Fibbette per side will suffice on flies 20 & smaller. If I use hackle fibers I may use 2 or three fibers per side since they are more brittle.
Have fun!
Bamboozle, thanks for clearing that up for me. I am a new tier, and sometimes can’t figure things out by myself.