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Beresford13861 · 02-09-2007, 01:47 PM

Substitute Fly Tying Materials (and where to get them)

Beads
Metal Beads
Bead chain from the hardware store if dismantled can be used for bead heads and bead chain eyes.

Plastic and Glass Beads
Craft and sewing shops carry beads in all sorts of colours and sizes for small prices.

Dubbing and Body Materials

Body Material
Knitting Wool and yarn - ask friends and family for left over balls, mohair remanents from stores.

Dubbing Material
Blankets = Furry Foam (K-Mart or similar)
Clipped fur from toy stuffed animals
Cotton from cotton balls, fine dubbing that can be easily dyed
Knitting Wool and yarn - ask friends and family for left over balls, mohair remanents from stores.
Ladies Purses cut into thin strips different colors for segmented bodies.
Latex gloves cut into strips provides Latex rib, or segmented bodies.
Lint from the clothes drier dryer
Old fur coats, stoles, gloves are a good source or real and substitute fur (rabbit, mink etc.)
Old carpet remanents for synthetic material
Pet cats, dogs, they probably wont like you snipping it off them so use a grooming brush.
Plastic Canvas Yarn provides body wrap or dubbing material / Streamers (Craft dept.)

Polar Fleece cut into thin strips can make good fly bodies
Press-on Nails make beetle backs.

Silk flowers = Crawdad claws, and Nymph backs.

Sunflower Seed hulls make good beetle backs
Zip-Loc bags gives Scud backs

Zip-Loc bag locking strpss can be used for adult damsel fly bodies

Popper Bodies
The foam core of RG-11 coax cable makes a wonderful white body Foam ear plugs are good for Chuggers and Sliders

Feathers/Marabou etc

Feathers
In the back yard, the street, the beach , the golf course anywhere !
If you know someone who keeps birds ask them for feathers from the bottom of the cages.

Feather mask kits from craft stores give hackles in weird colors.

Marabou

Feather dusters are a good source of colourful marabou.
Feather Boa, also a good cheap source of Marabou buy it by the metre at a craft shop

Legs and Tails

Legs

Bungee Cords - use the insides of a cheap bungee cord (the ones that look like a nylon rope, not the solid black type).
Plastic hairbrush bristles = Legs
Synthetic dusters Jig leg material

Tails

Good quality artist's paintbrush = Microfibetts tailing material (Art Supply Store)

Tools

Amunition Cartridges (Empty) (38s, 45s) make good hair stackers

Ball Point Pen Cases make good half hitch tools

Butler G.U.M Floss Threaders = Bobbin threaders (Kid's use these to thread dental floss through their braces) (Drug Store-Dental Section)

Chap Stick or Lipstick lids (metal not plastic) make good hair stackers

Circuit Testers = Hackle Pliers--The little hook kind (Radio Shack)

Other

Hair Spray--Unscented! To spray quill feathers to reinforce them so they don't split for wings, shellbacks, wing cases etc.
Household Goop = Dave's Flexament. (Sports dept.)
Liquid Brushing Lacquer = Head Cement (Hardware or Paint Store)
Nail Varnish = Head Cement (Drug Store specials)
Tuffilm--A charcoal fixative, same purpose as Hair Spray (see above)--a little more substantial. (Art Supply Store)

02-09-2007, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Beresford13861 Elite Member Beresford13861 is Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 3,497	Substitute Fly Tying Materials Substitute Fly Tying Materials (and where to get them) Beads Metal Beads Bead chain from the hardware store if dismantled can be used for bead heads and bead chain eyes. Plastic and Glass Beads Craft and sewing shops carry beads in all sorts of colours and sizes for small prices. Dubbing and Body Materials Body Material Knitting Wool and yarn - ask friends and family for left over balls, mohair remanents from stores. Dubbing Material Blankets = Furry Foam (K-Mart or similar) Clipped fur from toy stuffed animals Cotton from cotton balls, fine dubbing that can be easily dyed Knitting Wool and yarn - ask friends and family for left over balls, mohair remanents from stores. Ladies Purses cut into thin strips different colors for segmented bodies. Latex gloves cut into strips provides Latex rib, or segmented bodies. Lint from the clothes drier dryer Old fur coats, stoles, gloves are a good source or real and substitute fur (rabbit, mink etc.) Old carpet remanents for synthetic material Pet cats, dogs, they probably wont like you snipping it off them so use a grooming brush. Plastic Canvas Yarn provides body wrap or dubbing material / Streamers (Craft dept.) Polar Fleece cut into thin strips can make good fly bodies Press-on Nails make beetle backs. Silk flowers = Crawdad claws, and Nymph backs. Sunflower Seed hulls make good beetle backs Zip-Loc bags gives Scud backs Zip-Loc bag locking strpss can be used for adult damsel fly bodies Popper Bodies The foam core of RG-11 coax cable makes a wonderful white body Foam ear plugs are good for Chuggers and Sliders Feathers/Marabou etc Feathers In the back yard, the street, the beach , the golf course anywhere ! If you know someone who keeps birds ask them for feathers from the bottom of the cages. Feather mask kits from craft stores give hackles in weird colors. Marabou Feather dusters are a good source of colourful marabou. Feather Boa, also a good cheap source of Marabou buy it by the metre at a craft shop Legs and Tails Legs Bungee Cords - use the insides of a cheap bungee cord (the ones that look like a nylon rope, not the solid black type). Plastic hairbrush bristles = Legs Synthetic dusters Jig leg material Tails Good quality artist's paintbrush = Microfibetts tailing material (Art Supply Store) Tools Amunition Cartridges (Empty) (38s, 45s) make good hair stackers Ball Point Pen Cases make good half hitch tools Butler G.U.M Floss Threaders = Bobbin threaders (Kid's use these to thread dental floss through their braces) (Drug Store-Dental Section) Chap Stick or Lipstick lids (metal not plastic) make good hair stackers Circuit Testers = Hackle Pliers--The little hook kind (Radio Shack) Other Hair Spray--Unscented! To spray quill feathers to reinforce them so they don't split for wings, shellbacks, wing cases etc. Household Goop = Dave's Flexament. (Sports dept.) Liquid Brushing Lacquer = Head Cement (Hardware or Paint Store) Nail Varnish = Head Cement (Drug Store specials) Tuffilm--A charcoal fixative, same purpose as Hair Spray (see above)--a little more substantial. (Art Supply Store) __________________ I LOVE ANIMALS......................they taste great!