Another Sharpie Marker

[BruceC2C]

Per attached photo of Midge Larva tied by
Hopper Juan Ramirez...
until today , i had difficulty finding ANY
Brown Perm Marker to purchase as single item without burden of $20 " variety package".
Got this today at WalMart...
$5 for 3 Metallic Markers
one silver, 2 brown/ copper-ish
Perhaps an option here.

 

[CRB]

did you try amazon? they have them by the pack

 

[poopdeck]

So some guy ties a fly that has been tied a million times, swipes a marker down the back, gives it a name, posts it to instaface, claims the pattern as his and now there’s a shortage of honey brown markers. There are always options in fly tying. There is simply no need to ever go on a quest to find the exact item used to tie any fly. Any marker or even no marker would have been fine on a thread wrapped hook. Sorry to be cynical but that’s a recipe to go broke tying flies.

 

[Bamboozle]

I'm not a fan of markers for flies I'm going to fish for a lot of reasons. However when I was inclined to use them, I shopped at real art supply stores who sold them in a myriad of colors.

I'm fortunate to have a Dick Blick store not too far from me but they do have an online presence...

 

[Solitariolupo]

The only waterproof markers I’ve used is those AD. Sharpie didnt hold. If your using the epoxy or uv can always add color to that.

 

[Bamboozle]

I used Chartpak for years but I still had color come off on my hands or bleed on to the foam in my fly boxes.

The funny thing is still have a few markers that are close to 40 years old and they STILL haven't dried out.