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Del,
Once again had to visit the dark caverns of the hard drive to find an old post about wire and wire gauge sizes for fly tying. That info is below
This search was prompted by the online offerings on this page.
http://www.landofodds.com/store/find2s.htm
The advantage as I see it is access to a very wide assortment of colors in a very wide assortment of wire diameters. The wire is coated, which seals in the color and prevents tarnishing. For those who would like to try colored copper wire in something beyond the standard copper, gold, red, black, green and chartreuse offered at some fly shops. Lines End does stock a wide assortment of colored copper wire.
Wire gauge number to inches conversion chart
AWG Inches
18 0.04030
20 0.03200
22 0.02530
24 0.02010
26 0.01590
28 0.01260
30 0.01000
32 0.00795
34 0.00631
36 0.00500
the full AWG to inch conversion chart is here:
http://www.export911.com/convert/gauges.htm
comparison diameters:
XSmall Wapsi Ultra Wire .008" (approx. 32 gauge)
Small Wapsi Ultra Wire .011" (approx. 29 gauge)
Med. Wapsi Ultra Wire .014" (approx 27 gauge)
fine lead wire .015" (approx. 26 gauge)
med. lead wire .020" (approx 24 gauge)
heavy lead wire .030" (approx. 20 gauge)
Del, for your original question, I use the standard gauge copper wire (which I assume is 27 gauge) when tying #14 brassies, and the gauge looks good to my eye. I would drop down in wire gauge size if you tie on smaller hooks than #14. And a #14 brassie is not a large brassie. We tie them to #8 and #10 in these parts... big bugs.
Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon
