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Hi all,
you are great inspiration for me when it comes to tying. I have to be away from my vise for a while, but, I am using this time to line up some exciting tying projects when I am back to my bench.
personally, I like to tie flies that fish well. aesthetic is secondary to me. For a while I have been thinking about material choices. Especially, for swung fly presentation for steelhead. To narrow it down further, I personally use rabbit strips, marabou, and arctic fox/temple dog to add lots of movement to my steelhead flies.
now, I am wondering how would you describe the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the above materials from two particular stand points. One, "sink-ability". Two, "cast-ability". I know that with heavy enough sink tip and weight in the body of the fly you could make any fly sink deep, but, that inherently affect the castability of the fly. I am interested to know what are the complementary characteristics of these materials that makes them more suited for deep slow swing with lots of movement, and also makes them easier to cast.
I am leaving the option of synthetics and feather materials out of this discussion. may be we will tackle that one in the future.
Thanks for your contribution.
best,
Rw.
you are great inspiration for me when it comes to tying. I have to be away from my vise for a while, but, I am using this time to line up some exciting tying projects when I am back to my bench.
personally, I like to tie flies that fish well. aesthetic is secondary to me. For a while I have been thinking about material choices. Especially, for swung fly presentation for steelhead. To narrow it down further, I personally use rabbit strips, marabou, and arctic fox/temple dog to add lots of movement to my steelhead flies.
now, I am wondering how would you describe the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the above materials from two particular stand points. One, "sink-ability". Two, "cast-ability". I know that with heavy enough sink tip and weight in the body of the fly you could make any fly sink deep, but, that inherently affect the castability of the fly. I am interested to know what are the complementary characteristics of these materials that makes them more suited for deep slow swing with lots of movement, and also makes them easier to cast.
I am leaving the option of synthetics and feather materials out of this discussion. may be we will tackle that one in the future.
Thanks for your contribution.
best,
Rw.