An Alternative to An Expensive Traditional Tying Material

[Tups]

What this forum needs is a dedicated soft hackle thread, and a few more photos. Here are ten of the Ephemera silk colors. They are a close second to the Pearsall’s silks.

As MT and others have pointed out, just about any fine thread will work for these flies. The keys are sparseness, delicacy, and a soft game bird hackle. And a good presentation of course.

 

[tomgamber]

There are several on here that will talk at length on that

 

[TimMurphy]

There are several on here that will talk at length on that

Dear tom,

Meanwhile I tie soft hackles with floss and do just fine. I can't be bothered perfecting a simple fly. I'm still searching for the properly urine-stained fox belly for my Light Hendrickson's. I even bought a fox skin and peed on it. It didn't work out so well! 😉

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂

 

[mt_flyfisher]

What this forum needs is a dedicated soft hackle thread, and a few more photos. Here are ten of the Ephemera silk colors. They are a close second to the Pearsall’s silks.

As MT and others have pointed out, just about any fine thread will work for these flies. The keys are sparseness, delicacy, and a soft game bird hackle. And a good presentation of course.

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A guy that I know tied this nice fly. 😃 The body looks like a real close match to your Ephemera 625 Orange, as well as to Pearsall’s orange.

I see Ephemera silk on sells on EBay for under $5.00 a spool, plus shipping, so that’s a lot better price than Pearsall’s.

I love the hackle on that fly. It just begs a trout to “eat me”.

 

[goose54cdd]

I have all of the materials to tie soft hackles and I live tying them. I'm 70 and I still want to learn how to fish them other than as a dropper to a nymph or dry fly. I never learned how to fish wet flies in the traditional manner.

A soft hackle thread on this forum would be nice.

 

[tomgamber]

A soft hackle thread on this forum would be nice.

 

[lestrout]

Dear tom,

Meanwhile I tie soft hackles with floss and do just fine. I can't be bothered perfecting a simple fly. I'm still searching for the properly urine-stained fox belly for my Light Hendrickson's. I even bought a fox skin and peed on it. It didn't work out so well! 😉

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂

Yo Tim - the pink, urine-burned fox fur has to be from a vixen. Under the arm/legpits can work too.

 

[TimMurphy]

Yo Tim - the pink, urine-burned fox fur has to be from a vixen. Under the arm/legpits can work too.

Yo Les,

I gave up and just bought Hendrickson #27 Fly-Rite dubbing. It works for me!

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂