John, Nice thread idea. If I can be more general, I would like to first list the two materials that have impacted my tying the most, but that would have to be among others, also. These two materials are clear mono tying thread from Danville, and clear vinyl cement. I use them more frequently across the whole range of my tying than anything else.
Now the two tying materials that I enjoy the most are also the most different. Whiting farms reinvented dry flies for me a few years back. 'nuf said. Next, braided mylar tubing, in it's many sizes and colors, has added a whole 'nudder dimension to my art tying. The 'fish flies' are second in popularity only to the mice. I could list about 10 materials that have really impacted my tying, but I think these 2 lead the way, closely followed by deer and elk hair. Other materials I fancy: McFlyfoam yarn Softex Superhair Swannundaze DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:56 PM Subject: [VFB] New topic -materials > I want to start a new topic that I have been thinking about recently. When I started tying I bought items like hackle, peacock herl, pheasant tail, dubbing you know the standard stuff. There are materials that I use now more often than not, that I would never have thought I would use. > Qhat I want to do here is have folks pick two materials that they use regularly now , that they wouldnt have thought of as common items when they started. Here are my two items. My first item is moose body. I love to use moose body for tails on adams, brown drakes etc. My other item is pheasant rump feathers. I have never seen one patch of feathers have so many different types of feathers with different characteristics . I use my pheasant rumps mostly for tying jack gartsides sparrow. This was my number one bluegill fly for 4 years until it was replaced my a fly from a member of this lists creation. > > Just thought this might be interesting. > > john ridderbos >
