VicK 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 Anyone know of a source for the old Hi-Vis foam that could be used in patterns such as sinking beetles? It was kind of a krinkly foam/plastic that you could tie in at the tail and then pull over the top of hair bodies to give it a shell back type of look. Can't seem to find it anywhere, and all of the searches for Hi-Vis only turn up the brightly colored stuff for parachute patterns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Landon P 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 https://www.fishingmegastore.com/fly-tying-synthetics/lureflash-plastazote-fly-foam-sheet~49527.html Plastazote? It is kinda what you described. Hope this helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverCreek 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, VicK said: Anyone know of a source for the old Hi-Vis foam that could be used in patterns such as sinking beetles? It was kind of a krinkly foam/plastic that you could tie in at the tail and then pull over the top of hair bodies to give it a shell back type of look. Can't seem to find it anywhere, and all of the searches for Hi-Vis only turn up the brightly colored stuff for parachute patterns. Wouldn't foam tend to float the fly? For a sunken beetle pattern, I use black artificial leather (naugahyde) that can be bought at a fabric store. The sinking pattern is on the left tied with black naugahyde and the one on the right is a floating beetle tied using foam. I think the material you are looking for is called "Loco Foam" which is foam mated to a film coating. It does catch fly fishers at a fly shop. However, it catches the fly fishers in a fly shop! So the beetles look like this. However, with floating flies like the ones below, the coating really is not seen by the fish since it is on top of a floating fly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, SilverCreek said: ... naugahyde ... Now that's a blast from the past Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 Sounds like open cell foam sheet evazote Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2021 6 hours ago, SilverCreek said: think the material you are looking for is called "Loco Foam" which is foam mated to a film coating. It does catch fly fishers at a fly shop. However, it catches the fly fishers in a fly shop! You can make your own Loco Foam. All you need is sticky back craft foam sheet and Art Deco Foil or Transfer foil, that's applied to a sticky surface. I think flytire got it right, evazote is what your looking for Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VicK 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2021 Thanks for all the responses. Plenty of options to check into, am sure at least one of them will work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites