Durable Humpy Body

[Max 0]

Using traditional humpy pattern with floss body. The body kept unraveling after a few fish. What other materials can I substitute to make a more durable humpy body?

[Crackaig 0]

Dubbing works just as well. Also you could rib the floss with some fine clear mono for extra strength. Another material to consider would be flexi floss (available under various trade names).

Cheers,

C.

[flytire 0]

Using traditional humpy pattern with floss body. The body kept unraveling after a few fish. What other materials can I substitute to make a more durable humpy body?

 

this may not be the actual materials problem but how it is tied in and wrapped around the shank. good super tight wraps can help alot of tying problems

 

some materials worth a try

 

thread bodies

 

dubbed bodies

 

flexi floss bodies

 

floss bodies coated with a thin layer of epoxy or head cement

 

floss bodies coated with uv cured resins

 

floss bodies covered with a strip of clear sandwich bag material

 

floss body reversed wrapped with some fine wire. the wire add glitter, not weight.

 

1mm razor foam bodies

 

thin skin bodies

 

flexi body bodies (much different than flexi floss)

 

latex glove material

 

peacock quills coated with and adhesive of your choosing

 

stripped hackle quills coated with an adhesive of your choosing

 

different colors of tinsel covered with an adhesive of your choosing

 

there are many more way of making bodies more durable. use your imagination and experiment

 

[Max 0]

I appreciate the great suggestions.

 

Is flexi floss the stuff that comes on a spool and is applied with a bobbin?

[cameron 0]

I use pre-wrap. It comes in lots of colors (girls apparently use it to tie upony tails when playing sports). It is a stretchy open foam that comes on a roll and normally goes around joints prior to taping them for stability or injury.

[Max 0]

I use pre-wrap. It comes in lots of colors (girls apparently use it to tie upony tails when playing sports). It is a stretchy open foam that comes on a roll and normally goes around joints prior to taping them for stability or injury.

 

Where would I find pre-wrap?

[bluegill576 0]

I use pre-wrap. It comes in lots of colors (girls apparently use it to tie upony tails when playing sports). It is a stretchy open foam that comes on a roll and normally goes around joints prior to taping them for stability or injury.

 

Where would I find pre-wrap?

You can find it at most sporting good stores.

[lykos33 0]

I use pre-wrap. It comes in lots of colors (girls apparently use it to tie upony tails when playing sports). It is a stretchy open foam that comes on a roll and normally goes around joints prior to taping them for stability or injury.

 

Where would I find pre-wrap?

 

and at the "bangles" type stores in the malls,where they sell the earrings and other cheap bangles..

Murray

[nick2011 0]

you could just add a light coat of fleximent to the floss

[cameron 0]

Pre-wrap (Dick's, Sports Authority, Amazon) also makes great bodies for stimulators.

[Max 0]

 

and at the "bangles" type stores in the malls,where they sell the earrings and other cheap bangles..

Murray

 

 

bangles??? what are those?

[buggybob 0]

I've always used the tying thread, you can always switch to a finer thread to finish the fly. Usually the hair hump is gone long before the body comes apart.

[whatfly 0]

Agree with BuggyBob. A thicker waxed tying thread will solve the problem. My favorite is Danville Flymaster+ 210.

[Curtis Fry 0]

UNI-Stretch. This stuff is the bomb for a floss substitute. Stretchy, not as "slick" as floss and isn't as hard to handle, cut, tie in etc.

 

http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/item/TW-030220-0000/63500/UNI-Products-UNI-Stretch.html

[SBPatt 0]

I like Uni-stretch and Flexi-floss/Sexi-floss for bodies on flies like the Humpy; both are pretty easy to work with.

 

#12 Foam Back Convertible with Sexi-floss body:

 

Regards,

Scott