Re: [VFB] Antron and Poly Yarn

[Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson]

The most common usage for Anton is for carpeting.  Once you work with Anton you will recognize it by an examination of carpet fibers in the light.  You MAY then become a hound for scraps of carpeting from relatives, friends, strangers on the street.   When I removed some old carpeting from my daughter's bedroom there was some carpeting from under a radiator that was in like new condition.  I have used it in my tying with reasonable success.

Ed


At 09:38 AM 12/16/2003, you wrote:

I often see these materials mentioned in patterns,most recently in an caddis emerger, and am slightly confused. I have poly yarn and it comes in a long multi-strand lengths 2ft long. I also have antron dubbing but this is fairly short, at least shorter strands and came to me as a dubbing.

This particular pattern calls for antron to be tied in at back of hook and brought foward, tied to flare slightly and form a bubble shape.

Are there different types of antron??, could I use the poly-yarn for this fly, as it would aide floatation or is there a different effect gained by using the antron??

To be honest, and it is probably very obvious, I am not too familiar with these materials.

Cheers,

Loxy


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