royal wulff question

[fishaholic69 0]

I got everything to make a royal wulff but the red floss. I do have some 210 danville flat red thread tho. can I use this as a sub? just wondered cause I never had floss yet so I don't know how much diff it is than thread. its buoancy and all the factors. if i can sub it i can make one if not i will order some floss

[flytire 0]

go right ahead and substitute. the fish dont know floss from shinola!

[rockworm 0]

I sometimes tye my Royal Wulffs with red wool yarn. Alternatively, red dubbing could also be used.

[Bruce Derington 0]

Go for it. The tail and hackle will support the fly

[utyer 0]

Any red material would work, you still have the color combination of the body. Floss will be flatter, and much heavier than thread. Thread will of course work, but both thread and floss will soak up more water. Wool yarn would be easiest. Seperate the multiple strands of the wool out. Use only one strand to keep your center joint small and compact. Dubbing will be a little trickier to keep compact. Your body should be 1/3 peacock, 1/3 red and 1/3 peacock.

[flytire 0]

Any red material would work, you still have the color combination of the body. Floss will be flatter, and much heavier than thread. Thread will of course work, but both thread and floss will soak up more water. Wool yarn would be easiest. Seperate the multiple strands of the wool out. Use only one strand to keep your center joint small and compact. Dubbing will be a little trickier to keep compact. Your body should be 1/3 peacock, 1/3 red and 1/3 peacock.

 

doesnt wool suck up water?? :dunno:

[sulfernut 0]

I once saw a version of this fly,where red TINSEL was used for the "mid-section"!!!

 

Sulphernut

 

 

[rockworm 0]

flytire

 

Wool makes a fine body on a dry fly if treated with a good floatant. Even untreated, the individual fibers in wool do not suck up water. Untreated yarn or dubbing, however, does hold water well in the spaces between the individual fibers.

 

 

[phg 0]

If you are saying you have some Danville flat waxed nylon, that is, in fact, single strand nylon floss. It works fine for what you want.

[ILikeFish 0]

I once saw a version of this fly,where red TINSEL was used for the "mid-section"!!!

 

Sulphernut

 

 

now that could look kinda cool

[Steve P 0]

QUOTE(sulfernut @ Nov 28 2007, 12:18 PM)

 

I once saw a version of this fly,where red TINSEL was used for the "mid-section"!!!

 

Sulphernut

 

 

 

 

now that could look kinda cool

 

I'm gonna find out when I get home in the morning and get in front of the vise... I guess we'll find out... I'll try and post some pics in the fly tying bench forum.

 

Steve

[fishaholic69 0]

thanks for all the ideas!!! I will try to make some when I get a chance.

[gbflytyer 0]

if you want to try something different use red ostrich herl :headbang:

[fishaholic69 0]

I only got white otrich herl maybe if i see some i will get it

[Chase Creek 0]

As you can see from all the posts, feel free to use whatever you have at hand. Don't think that you have to use exactly what that particular recipe calls for. Take a look at the recipes for the same fly from different sources, you'll see a big difference in materials. Experiment with what you have and have fun with it.