Mixing Polypropylene Macrame Yarn Custom Colors For Fly Tying

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @timg2798
    @timg2798 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I ordered close to (1) of every color off his website after this video came out. For $3 per color I have a life time of "Para post" "Timmy" wings etc.. and I make them exactly the way I want them, not how hairline or the others say I should have them.. And the results are amazing!

  •  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Charlie, you help so many of us fly tying/fly fishing anglers!!! Love your videos they are just so informative. PLEASE never stop making them. Going to your web site and buying some yarn right NOW.

  • @cynditownsend9123
    @cynditownsend9123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video. I am new to fly tying and find your demos wonderful. I am a fiber artist and have a hint to make the blending faster. Take two dog brushes lay the fiber on one then brush through with the other, going back and forth folding the fibers over to mix the colors.

  • @edherrmann182
    @edherrmann182 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the demo video. I have been making my own dubbing for several years. I never thought about macrame yarn as I can see it’s great value with dry flys and emergers. By combining that with elk and deer hair you really get the unsinkable fly.

  • @ruebdogg1
    @ruebdogg1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Charlie, you have the BEST fly tying channel!! Have you ever considered doing on the water videos??

  • @cecilwalley306
    @cecilwalley306 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have used this. You give a whole new way of using this stuff. Thanks for all your videos. Always learn something new👍

  • @theinvasivespecies1119
    @theinvasivespecies1119 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This helps. I've bought these from your shop online!

  • @thomasw_
    @thomasw_ ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome advice from the mix master CC -- truly helpful techniques. thanks heaps of bonnie braid polypropylene macrame yarn :)

  • @alvarosalas3654
    @alvarosalas3654 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me diste una gran idea, mas barato y puedo combinar tonos. Gracias

  • @goldenvise
    @goldenvise ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I buy polypropylene yarn from fabric stores and do the same thing. I need to get one of those dog brushes. :) I tie a lot of parachute flies using that stuff. It fluffs out more, making a slightly bigger "wing" to see than the polypropylene you get at fly tying shops. Not to mention it's a literal tiny, tiny fraction of the cost.

    • @jorgemerino4709
      @jorgemerino4709 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good advice. Thank you. Can you use that resulting polypropylene as fly tying dubbing? Thank you.

  • @robertmajor4904
    @robertmajor4904 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been unraveling a few inches of the rope and cut it off, do the same with a second rope if I want to mix two colours and then roll them between my fingers to make them straight. Then mix the two small portions. Keeps the rope tidy and in the bag it came in.

  • @craig6108
    @craig6108 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In addition to fly tying material, perhaps one could make their own custom yarn strike indicators this way as well?

  • @crisworledge4289
    @crisworledge4289 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome many thanks

  • @billdodson2215
    @billdodson2215 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your dog brush looks like the perfect tool for the job, kind of heavy duty. Do you recall where you purchased it?
    Bill Dodson
    Troy, Montana

  • @bryanj7
    @bryanj7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That macrame yarn looks similar to EP fibres and or also crinkle hair.

  • @dennismaloney9367
    @dennismaloney9367 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What color yarn was used for green drake version? Thx

    • @CharliesFlyBox
      @CharliesFlyBox  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dennismaloney9367 the green drake version of what, exactly. I’d say smoke, black and a little rust generally speaking

  • @whitesand76
    @whitesand76 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job

  • @allangoodsell9407
    @allangoodsell9407 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this!

  • @josephsichting8162
    @josephsichting8162 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @stephenhegedus6930
    @stephenhegedus6930 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can polypropylene blended like this be used for dubbing too?

    • @CharliesFlyBox
      @CharliesFlyBox  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not really. These fibers are very coarse, you could chop it and use it in a loop but it definitely doesn’t twist on worth a damn.

    • @stephenhegedus6930
      @stephenhegedus6930 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Charlie!

  • @mikekuczynski1552
    @mikekuczynski1552 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @andrewmorke
    @andrewmorke 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Would this stuff work as an antron substitute for egg flies or La Fontaine sparkle caddis files?

  • @jjm4643
    @jjm4643 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you used this for a crab fly?

    • @CharliesFlyBox
      @CharliesFlyBox  ปีที่แล้ว

      I haven’t but I’d have to think it would work pretty well. The material sheds water nicely.

    • @jjm4643
      @jjm4643 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CharliesFlyBox I would think the fact that it's bouyant wouldn't matter with a weighted fly(?)

  • @cachi-7878
    @cachi-7878 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mesmerizing! 😂

  • @number6bugger216
    @number6bugger216 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I bring a trash bag full of yarn into the shop can the guys blend it together for me in between customers? 😂

  • @jamesvatter5729
    @jamesvatter5729 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like you created imitation fox tail, Charlie.