Catgut, where to buy it?

[SilverCreek 0]

I don't rhink he is talking about soaking the gut strings for tennis, but for unraveling them to get the individual threads separated for fly tying.

[Piker20 0]

Here in the UK relatively long lengths from 0.6mm dia up are sold for grandfather clock repairs. Works out cheaper than flyshop by a long way.

[Fotwin 0]

I bought some catgut of various colours and diameters a couple of weeks ago from a well known Romanian company,Trout Line,

at troutline.ro

 

 

I hav'nt used it yet but it looks good quality.

 

It took about a week for the materials to come from Romania to my home in Scotland., by normal post.

 

Hope the above is useful

 

Fotwin

 

PS I have just realised the above is the same material which Heavynets posted earlier

[troutguy 0]

Catgut was usually lamb or pig intestines. I have my Grandfather's leader holder. It was a metal container that you would keep your leaders in with wet newspaper.

 

 

OK everyone that is looking for cheap catgut close to home without paying expensive shipping etc, send me a fly and I will give you my source.

 

Ready? Lambskin condoms. They can be rinsed, then dried, cut to shape (triangles for tapered bodies or straight lines for segmented no taper) and colored with markers.

 

Just remember, if you are fishing in strange lands, naturals only stop pregnancy.

 

You're welcome.

[JSzymczyk 0]

the term CAT gut came from CATterpillar.... silk "worm" silk glands

 

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[cphubert 0]

Thanks JSzymczyk that was a excellent post, I have seen it for sale it but never realized the number of worms required for production. Explains the high price for blind eye cat gut.