Chenille for dry fly body?

[angelo24 0]

I haven't really started tying dry flies yet, been making spider pattern's and pheasant tail nymphs. I'am wondering if you can use Ultra-fine Chenille on certain dry fly bodies?

 

 

 

[Piker20 0]

The chenille is likely to absorb water so you would need to factor that in to the materials you use for buoyancy.

[nick2011 0]

if your gonna use it you might try soaking it in some dry fly musilin pryer to using it, it help water proof it

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

if you remove the core you can use it like dubbing if needed but like has been mentioned already it will cause the fly to sink if you use it like it is

[flytire 0]

short answer is no

 

you want a material that does not absorb water like a sponge.

[FrequentTyer 0]

It depends. As stated above, it would not make a very good dry fly body wrapped like dubbing. However, it is used to simulate an egg sac on many patterns, and can be used to make a very good extended body on a hairwing caddis by lashing to the hook and burning the end.