Yarn ?

I have read somewhere on here, where someone was using yarn from wal-mart for flies. I checked my local wally world and found cotton and acrylic yarns. I’m sure the cotton won’t work at least I assume it will get wet and be a mess, but what about the acrylic? Anyone ever tried it, and if so how did it work?

thanks in advance,
hNt

the acrylic yarn will be better for fly tying.

actually used the acryllic myself and it makes a great worm type of fly and if you untwist it and twist a single strand on the hook like in the beginners fly tying section of this website, it makes a great little midge or small damselfly body.

I’ve recently purchased a skein of Patton’s Allure yarn in what they call Emerald but I call olive. The yarn comes in two parts that must be separated. One half is short and felt-like. This may be usable for nymphs but I’ve discarded most of it. The second part is shiny and with many longer threads. I used this material in the recent featherless bugger swap. Worked great. 8T :slight_smile: