JEFF,
I wouldn't attempt to dye Super/Ultra hair with Rite Dyes... First off the hairs are synthetic & probally won't accept dyes that well...unless the dyes are specifically for dying such materials. Secondly since the dye bath has to be rather on the hot side to be fast & effective you'd probally melt the individual fibers... I accidently washed a saltwater streamer in cool water , it melted & deformed the fibers.
As to limited colours, Where do you aqquire your Super Hair??? as i have never had a problem find a great selection of Colours to choose from. Also Ultra hair is exactly the same(pretty much anyhow) and it has colours that Super hair doesn't come in. So you could purchase from the Ultra Hair selection to supplement your Super Hair colours.
A final thought...try mixing together two or more seperate colours to achive the desired colour.. it's fairly Simple & straight forward. cut off small amounts of each colour...so that the resulting mixed hank is the same size/diameter as needed. lay them cross ways in your palm, place your other hand over the top & carefully roll back and forth... The individual fibers should mix together nicely & you'll end up with an "mixed wing" for your patterns.. I do this alot to get a gradual transistion from back to belly on a number of Saltwater streamers...don't really know if the fish notice it that much, but it looks sweet to me & I tend to fish the fly more determined...
Hope this Helps...
DEAN....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been tying up some surf candies using Super hair. It's a great fly but I'm finding the colors made for Super hair are limited. Is it possible to dye Super hair with fabric dye such as Rite? Has anyone tried this? If not I'm going to give it a go, just wanted some advice first.
Thanks,
Jeff C
Tucson
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