Boomer Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 I hate order tail material from catalogs and paying $3.00 for a fingers worth of tail material. A couple of years ago I was walking through K-Mart and had one of those Eureka! moments. A lot of the Christmas stuff that is being shoved out the door is good old mylar. Look especially for the garlands, and some icecicles. Found a bunch of mylar tree trimmings yesterday in some of my favorite colors, pearl white, silver, bright green, and gold --- 5o cents a card for a double handful. Have some garlands that are a green blend that you might almost call motor oil glitter. check it out before they put the stuff away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Brilliant Boomer!!! Saved me some cash and now I don't have to take the decorations down...just cut'em up!! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champb Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 neat idea, i like it. I also use the christmas ornament holders for dipping my spoons in paint. The work great, and you can get them real cheap right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIGMAKER Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 I got the Mylar tinsel today for Thirty cents a package at Walmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedHed Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 JIGMAKER Do you think it's tough enough for saltwater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIGMAKER Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 The mylar tinsel I bought is tough stuff. Any school of Bluefish is going to tear up just about anything you throw at them. The colors that were avalible at the walmart near me were purple, silver, red, and pearl. The strips are cut about an eighth of an inch thick and twenty-one inches long. I also bought some stuff at Micheals that feels like it is some kind of plastic cut in to strips. The plastic seems tougher that the mylar tinsel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIGMAKER Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 This is the mylar tinsel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 If you dont mind stuff some of it into a tube bait and let it sit for about two or three weeks and then let us know if it is worm proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfish03 Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Alot of the holo and other color christmas materials are made by the same companys that supply the fly tying industry. The tinsels I found this year were of the - 1/16th inch variety at Walmart just like the stuff at the local fly shop but twice as long and four times the quantity for about 1/10th the cost. Go figure. After Easter is another great time to collect these materials too. Dont forget to grab several boxes of easter egg dye for coloring natural materials, like rabbit, squirrel, bucktails, feathers and wool. They cant hardly give the left overs away after Easter most of the time. The wool used to tie the fly in my avatar is dyed using easter egg dye and faded no faster than the store bought materials. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
