Guest Ladykiller Report post Posted February 23, 2004 Last week I ordered up some tungsten wire ( .010, .015, .020, .025 inches in diameter) from a special supplier in hopes of getting something heavier to weigh flies down with. Well I got it last Friday and gave it a shot on a few hook shanks. I tell you what, this stuff feels about as stiff as steel. It does not bend well and when it does bend, it breaks fairly easily. I actually bet steel would be easier to work with. So there you have it folks, stick with lead wraps and tungsten heads. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bear Coat 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2004 Thanks for the Heads Up Ladykiller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 23, 2004 I don't know why you guys don't just stick with copper wire, fine electronic solder or lead golf club tape for underwrapping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacres 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2004 Thanks for the info LK. I bet ti wasn't a cheap mistake. Those beads are expensive, so I assume the wire is as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ladykiller Report post Posted February 24, 2004 Pacres ... it was a very cheap mistake ... can you say "freebie"! Hehe ... you just got to call up a company and ask for free samples. Dfix .... we want flies that sink much faster. Tungsten is almost twice as dense as lead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 24, 2004 Tungsten bead heads are great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steelie 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2004 Good Day, Speaking of tungsten... I am really having fun experimenting at the vise with tungsten sheeting. It is essentailly a rubber like sheeting that has tungsten mixed in with it. Pick up a single sheet and you can really feel the weight. I stretches a bit too which is nice. I have been making some nice segmented bodies on brown stonefly nymphs thus far. Plan to expand into other nymphs soon. However I have only seen it in brown so far.... Steelie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 24, 2004 My local shop is carying tungstomn dust that I am trying mixed in with epoxy heads to giv them a little more gitdown Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 24, 2004 after hearing about this adventure of yours somehow tim, i asked around at work about tungsten wire (i work in the welding industry and see just about every available wire there is). i never thought to post about it, but after playing with some stuff that we use for our tig welders, i found it to be way to brittle (even in the bigger sizes 1/8 and 3/32). when you went to bend it, it would snap right in half. now if they could find a way to mix the tungsten with another type of material to make it more mallable, then there shouldnt be a problem, but in the welding industry there isnt much of a use for that type of material. i think if they could find a way to mix it with copper or a small amount of lead and keep it pliable like the lead then someonw would make a bunch of money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
