A New Tie in Town

Hot new tying materials, and how to use them

Fondling feathers and experimenting with new materials has always been one of the principle pleasures of fly-tying, and in this age of innovation there is no shortage of products to investigate. Each year tying companies introduce new materials and products to assist and bewilder us. In fact, the main challenge in fly-tying today often seems to be one of infinite choice. The recent crop of new products and materials spans the spectrum from beads and weights to preformed body parts and genetic hackles. Read more – offline – from the current issue; subscribe to FRR.