Body Materials

 Tie flies of all types and sizes from nymphs to Clousers to T-Bones with Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail, a tapered synthetic multi-use fly tying fiber designed to imitate typical premium-length natural bucktail. Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail fibers have the same basic diameter, gentle crinkle, and taper as natural bucktail. In appearance, it looks almost identical and has the same distinctive bucktail fly or lure action in the water. However, the fibers are not hollow (which helps your fly sink faster) and will not flare in the same way as regular bucktail while tying. This means you will need to tie with slightly different techniques to achieve the same effect. 

Every Faux Bucktail fiber is premium 6 in (152 mm) length, giving you more than twice the amount of usable fibers per tail and eliminating the headache of sorting and searching for ideal strands. Simply peel off the full length of your desired amount of fibers, trim to length, and tie them in. 

The fibers can be used in a wide range of fly or lure types. 

• Trout flies: Beautiful tapered wrapped "quill" bodies, nymph wing cases, Mayfly tails and legs. 
• Streamers: From tying typical Clouser Minnows or Deceivers right up to large, "bite-proof" Pike, Musky or Golden Dorado flies. 
• Poppers: Tie simple and durable tails on foam poppers 
• Bucktail Jigs: Tougher, longer lasting fresh and saltwater bucktail jigs. 
• Musky Bucktail Lures or dressed trebles.

Note: Faux Bucktail cuts easily, but like most other synthetic materials can be hard on your nice scissors. Use serrated heavy duty scissors designed for synthetics (or an old pair you don't mind abusing). 

Example:

This resin has an ultra-low viscosity paired with a fine tipped brush. It's perfect for coating bodies of small flies or as an alternative for head cement.

We use the Clear for everything from Perdigon bodies to small wingcases to covering whip finishes.  The Black is perfect for Perdigon Wingcases....no need to wait for nail polish to dry.  Prot tip: if you have a rotary vise, place a drop of Black resin on your fly as a wingcase and then turn it upside down (wingcase facing down) and cure from underneath.  Using gravity this way will halp create the perfectly shaped wingcase.  Repeat if necessary.

Features:

Nano Silk 200 Denier 3/0 Big Game is ideal for your salmon, predator, saltwater, streamer, nymph and dry flies and is ideal for spinning deer hair. Super strong, this is the highest quality thread available. Never worry about snapping your tying thread again – you can rely on Nano Silk 200 Denier 3/0 Big Game .

Nano Silk 200 Denier 3/0 Big Game is regarded as the tying thread of choice of professional fly tyers worldwide and is the best GSP thread on the market! Being so super strong it has endless possibilities and can be used for predator, saltwater flies and deer hair spinning. It is 10 times stronger than steel of the same diameter!.

Nano Silk 200 Denier 3/0 Big Game is designed for flies sizes #10 to 2/0 or much larger.

Because Nano Silk lays perfectly flat you get no thread build up.

Highlights:

Pro Tips:

Not all GSP threads are the same as strength tests show. We use the highest quality materials to ensure that there are no tangles and that it produces the smoothest and strongest GSP on the market in each size band. Search for Global Fly Fisher Thread Chart to see independent evidence!.

There are 100m / 109 yards (approx ) per spool of Nano Silk 200 Denier 3/0 Big Game.

Longer than extra select craft fur, with less underfur and more overfur, Fly Fur is easier to work with and can tie longer flies. If you love craft fur fly tying then do yourself a favor and pick up some Fly Fur fly tying material. You won't look back.

Fly Fur is designed by fly tyers specifically for fly tyers. 

 

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