What is the wierdest material you've ever used?

[Brian Brown75 0]

The weirdest material ive ever used was my hair for a nymphs tail. (my hair is about like squirrel fur) What about you guys?

 

[day5 0]

Im not allowed to bring road kill home any more.....

[Brian Brown75 0]

hehehe I took some fur off a dead deer I found in my yard too

[fishinbub 0]

Clown wigs, feather dusters, sewing thread, zip lock bags, materials used in easter egg hunt baskets, it doesn't even seem weird anymore.

[day5 0]

Can you say "My little pony" they have great streamer hair! Just do not tell the kids!

[Futzer 0]

Clown wigs, feather dusters, sewing thread, zip lock bags, materials used in easter egg hunt baskets, it doesn't even seem weird anymore.

 

 

Clown wig would make me laugh, clown wigs and I am rolling on the floor. Are you banded from Ringling Bros. circus now?

 

Cheers, Futzer

[flytyinfreak 0]

got some great dubbing from the dog groomer. also my pet's toys, these little cat balls had some really cool woven type mesh stuff. I have been trying to incorporate it into a zonker body and when i get it down I'll submit it for approval. I find that any textile may provide me with a new material if I work at it. In fact I can't wait for Christmas this year! all that pretty ribbon my wife loves to save is now mine all mine I tell ya! I have a coffee bean grinder and am not afraid to use it! I have been able to come up with some really beautiful dubbing blends with my little grinder. any body else use their grinder for just such a purpose?

[TheBigLost 0]

I used cattail fluff for a couple emergers. It's hard to use but it floats high.

I ended up wrapping some in a bit of saran wrap and tying it on.

 

[fishinbub 0]

Are you banded from Ringling Bros. circus now?

 

Cheers, Futzer

 

And most local carnivals. :headbang:

[Bruce Derington 0]

Panty Hose , saran wrap, Ok , now heres one, theres nothing like belly button dubbing :headbang:

[iso18 0]

my golden retievers fur and numerous mounted birds and animals....he he!

shane

[Futzer 0]

Are you banded from Ringling Bros. circus now?

 

Cheers, Futzer

 

And most local carnivals. :headbang:

 

Something to be proud of. Cheers, Futzer

[Claudia 0]

Iv had my friend bring a dead petbird from her mom...

im afraid non of what is ritten here is wierd...

just in the natur of a flytyier...

We are all freaks... :whistle:

 

 

Regards Claudia :shifty:

[Brian Brown75 0]

man that one will be hard to beat. True we are all freaks in our own way.

[Futzer 0]

Fur, feathers, synthetics and fluff, I experimented with putting combinations in the pay laundry drier to be caught in the lint filter, before coffee grinders, to come up with a Tuft's indispensable dub, the weirdest dub in the world. Oh and I had to search to find a laundry that had lint filters, and that I could put a piece of nylons in the filter as cheese cloth, so to speak. That was until I was banished from the pay laundry.

 

We are fly tyers; we need not explain our compulsions.

 

Cheers Futzer.