Dupont said they have no scraps and the spools of antron pictured on their website are 100 pounds each. They suggested contacting a carpet manufacturer for scraps.
At 09:00 PM 2/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:
When LaFontaine started using Antron, you couldn't get it in fly shops! He purchased "Aunt Lydia's Sparkle Yarn" at a craft store. Do a search on the internet and I bet you will find a source.
Tom On Feb 19, 2004, at 6:12 PM, Mark Delaney wrote:
> Jeff, > > I've used that type of plastic canvas yarn for saltwater flies fort > years. It is very durable. > > Jeff Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim, is there any problem with using nylon yarn? I > picked up 10 yards of hot pink for 39 cents today at > Hobby Lobby. It's called Plastic Canvas Yarn made by > Needloft. Floats like a cork and you can tease it out > with a tiny comb or the hook part of velcro. Haven't > tried tying with it yet. -Jeff > > > --- J&A Burbank wrote: > > Exactly my point Wes. Hopefully Ginger will have > > good news for us all : ). I > > use the hot pink for all my parachute posts, I used > > to use poly yarn (that I > > got from Lee Clark for free) but that manufacturer > > is no longer making the > > pink. He gave me a sample of some of the antron and > > I love it. It works > > better on the smaller flies and it is more vibrant > > as well. > > > > Keeping fingers crossed > > > > Jim > > > > > &g! t; > > heck, that's all the fly tying product people > > do...buy in quantity and then > > > respool and mark it WAY up. > > > > > > Wes Wada > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > > > So much water, so little time! > > Website: http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > > > Tom Davenport
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