Mateirals that I didn't know I would use as much as I do... Holographic mylar -- in almost all of the patterns I tie that call for mylar or tinsel -- adds a really nice touch of flash.
Lite brite -- makes a killer dubbing for nymphs -- either by itself or mixed with other dubbings like hares ear. I caught my biggest grayling every on a silver lite brite hares ear. Material that I couldn't do without... Seal fur dubbing -- I love working with it -- if I can substitute seal fur instead of using chenile or other material -- I will. Pheasant -- there are so many uses for all the feathers on a pheasant -- natural or dyed. Material that I CAN do without.... Mustad hooks -- the quality sucks -- open eyes, easily broken points -- I'll gladly pay a few dollars extra for different hooks. Ken MacGillivray Coquitlam BC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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 >
