badfish03 Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 Anyone watching this forum who spins wool? Sorta like working with deerhair but much easier, sinks nicely without weight and is fairly easy to cast when the water gets shook out. Its also easy to come up with some real nice looking patterns that work well with gills and bass. They can even be made into a sort of hybrid fly crankbait when coated with silicone. I have found a really nice wool material that I like more than thefly shop bought varieties also. Its much cheaper, it takes dyes well and is more uniform ie. easier to handle when tying. The stuff was found at a local Michael's Craft Store but I have also found it at others. Its usually found in the area that has the dream-catchers and other Indian and leather crafts. It's called Mandella Wool (or at least the stuff I found was) it comes in a large bag and is either a light off white or greyish tan color. Costs about 20 bucks for a large bag of the stuff (roughly equal to about 50-70 bags of the shop bought variety, that at 3-5 bucks a bag really add up). I take this stuff home and dye it with either Rit dye, easter egg dye or food coloring. Works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Splash Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Nice Fly! I tie the Glo Bugs (salmon egg immitation) from wool. It is nice to work with and has awesome color in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfish03 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thanks for the comp. Shawn was nice enough to put up my tutorial on this fly. Thank You Sir! Wools really a great material and seriously under used. http://www.tackleunderground.com/index.php?page=10&mode=article&k=40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
