Reuven, i've twisted my own many times. i have lots of it from different sources.....mostly old gut leader material, which is not hard to find if you know where to go. Antique Tackle Road Show is one good source. That's my pal Bob Selb. He does all the east coast shows and always has plenty of old leader material. i have enough to last me a lifetime now.....but since i started using the Alex Hayes hooks, which have the biggest diameters i've ever used.....i needed something more substantial to match up with those hooks. And that's when i went to the (old/antique), gut musical instrument strings. But the tennis racquet material is very cool as well. i know a few Atlantic Salmon fly tyers, Judy Lehmberg, Marvin Nolte, etc., who've actually raised the silkworms and harvested the gut to get it "from scratch" and then pull the strands and twist that. But that's a pain in the ass.......because you have to also go out and buy the leaves they eat and they only eat ONE very special type of leaves, and keep the worms in just the right temps. Not worth the hassel. There's a huge source of silkworm gut out here............it's called ebay. You just keep your ears and eyes peeled.....you'll find what you need. > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:22:19 +1100 > From: reuven_se...@iprimus.com.au > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] source of gut- natural > > > I once saw a step-by-step process for preparing gut from silkworms. I > was curious if anyone has it, or has ever tried preparing their own. It > looked to be quite a simple process, and my daughter's pre-school has > some munching away at leaves in boxes. Evil thoughts have been crossing > my mind!! > > Reuven > > Mark Romero wrote: > > Don, for your project. Or anyone who might wanna know. > > Don't really know if anyone else has problems getting good gut to use > > with blind eye hooks.......but i'm finding alternative sources. Well, > > i recently found another one anyway. Not only do old Violin, > > Bass, Viloa, Cello, and Ukelele strings work well.....but tennis > > racquet gut also does. Apparently modern racquets predominately use a > > synthetic gut.....but the old natural stuff can be found. And it's not > > to expensive at all. Just in case there's anyone out there who tyes on > > blind eyes. Good thing about it is you don't have to twist it.....it > > comes ready to use. You will have to nibble on the ends to get it to > > seperate for tapered trimmings.....but that's no biggie. If your > > worried bout germs before suckin' on it for a few minutes to get it > > pliable enough to form a loop.....just dip it in boiling water for a > > few seconds first, or nuke it for 10 seconds before you put it in your > > mouth. > > Don, for your project and the size of that hook.....i'd reccommend > > Bass string gut, lol. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try > > it now. > > <http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/
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