Floss bodies

[sulfernut 0]

...............Just being curious here........For those of you who regularly employ floss for bodies,tags,etc.

 

Do you have a preference as far as silk vs rayon,and if so,why???

 

Sulphernut

 

 

[VERN-O 0]

for what it's worth....I try to use uni-stretch

 

if I'm tying spiders....it's Persalls' gossmer silk

[RoyalWulff 0]

I use rayon floss, its cheap and looks good. You can get it in lots of colours and the 4 strand stuff is easy to separate. Although I usually use a thing ammount and double it over. ALthough I know you can get certain yarns at knitting stores that will do the trick if you split the yarn into thinner peices, i know a professional tier that does that.

 

-Phil

[SkinnyPole 0]

 

I like the single strand UNI-Floss for most of my tying. It is strong and bright. If you choose to use a multi strand floss, just use one of the strands. If you use more than one strand, you will likely have lumpy results.

 

Skinny

 

[flykid 0]

Silk has different qualities than rayon which is sometimes desireable. Rayon doesn't fray as easy as silk but I read that soft hackles with silk thread bodies are more realistic looking when wet. Rayon is shinier and stronger in my opinion.

[flytyingscotsman 0]

 

Are we talking tie to show, or tie to throw ?

[flykid 0]

Good question. I didn't mention that in my post. For show I use silk to keep with tradition and I also like the less glossy look of silk. I use rayon for fishing flies because of the durability.

[Guest]

I use Danville's 4 strand floss for most everything I tie.

[chrisbarnett 0]

I really like to use a product called flex-floss. You can just stretch it to make it a smaller diameter.