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 Tying Material For Salt Water Fly Fishing: Warm Water Wool
Posted by jason-c on Sunday, January 14 @ 08:08:26 PST
I am tying some salt water patterns for fishing warm water species. I know from experience that the material I fashion these flies from must be able to hold up in temperatures well over 100 degrees (beach sand) and 80 plus degree water. I love tying sardina and mullet patterns with Artic Fox, Yak hair and wool. The problem I am having is that I find the wool tends to "dread lock" under these extreme conditions. I like all the properties of the wool: It tapers at both ends so doubling it for even distribution is easy, it sinks fast, has a full profile, is very fishy in the water, and is fairly easy to cast.
I am looking for materials that will preserve these qualities but not dread up. Are their wool treatments or alternative materials anyone could suggest. Has anyone used Bozo Hair or Fishair? Let me know. Thanks-Jason
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Re: Tying Material For Salt Water Fly Fishing: Warm Water Wool
by hedrush999 on Sunday, January 14 @ 08:10:20 PST http://www.fliesandfinssouth.com | | Jason, what are you using the wool for the head or the body/tail? Lately I have been tying mullet patterns with either an EP body or ostrich. |
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Re: Tying Material For Salt Water Fly Fishing: Warm Water Wool
by jason-c on Sunday, January 14 @ 15:08:16 PST http://www.fliesandfinswest.com | | Head body and tail. I like it because it fill out the body nicely. Give it that round full figure look I like. |
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Re: Tying Material For Salt Water Fly Fishing: Warm Water Wool
by MarshallD (marshtd@adelphia.net) on Monday, January 15 @ 04:12:23 PST http://www.flyanglersguide.com | jason,
I've tied a bunch of flies with wool, Icelandic Sheep, arctic Fox. Yes they have some good qualities and in clean water, they will perform but recently I've had more durability, better movement from both the Puglisi fibers and from Spun-clipped Deer heads with Ostritch tails.
The wool heads will gather scum faster than deer hair and the fine hairs of the sheep, fox will collect scum and will dread up, flap over so the fly doesn't ride properly. A fly here MUST ride properly and we get a wide variety of water quality conditions. I want to be confident and not have to inspect my fly each cast. I don't care how well it looks at the vise, it's gotta ride and shed and not foul. The Puglisi fibers shake out scum well and the ostritch, altho more fragile, have such fantastic movement, I continue to hook fish, even when the fly is beat up.
You bring up a good topic here too because it's those properties we're looking for; non-fouling, good movement, profile, duarbility...let's keep up the search! |
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Re: Tying Material For Salt Water Fly Fishing: Warm Water Wool
by jason-c on Monday, January 15 @ 08:35:34 PST http://www.fliesandfinswest.com | | Thanks guys. I will try those materials and let you know. They sound very promising. |
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Re: Tying Material For Salt Water Fly Fishing: Warm Water Wool
by jason-c on Monday, February 19 @ 12:14:33 PST http://www.fliesandfinswest.com | | I found this stuff called "Neer Hair". It ties up nice but I am not sure how it will react in hot, salty, sandy water. Has anyone used it? |
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