Thank you chase creek and Carl, I tried doing as you suggested and it worked like a charm. Frustration returning to normal level... .

Thank you for the feedback to my question. I will try the suggestions and see how I make out.

Hello, Is there a trick to stripping barbules from a partridge feather? I prefer the look of using only one side of the feather for a soft hackle. However, when I try to strip one side off it breaks the feather and I have to start over. Every now and then I can get the barbules off without breaking ...

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and opinions. I will need to give some thought as to what I am going to do. Drys and wets still make up the bulk of my flies and these are tied with thread. It will depend on how much Flymph's make up of the total of my tying. Once again, thank you.

Thank you everyone for your responses. I appreciate the help in understanding Flymph's.

Thank you, Hank, for the help. raven4ns, Howdy; What is a Flymph? Ok, I googled definition of a Flymph, found the link below. It's interesting on several levels as it is a forum page that has responses from several active members from this forum as well as the originator whose post is at the bottom ...

:lol: thanks, Ron. Synthetic threads don't, for the most part, react to waxes and being wet like silk threads do. To answer your question though, I use both. I tend to follow the recipe for a fly, especially if it's an old fly. I assume the originator knew what his materials would do and use the app...

Hello, Does everyone tie with silk thread like Pearsall? I have read that the silk thread imparts a certain coloration to the body of a fly. Is it of a major significance that other threads beside silk cannot be used? Or is the significance more important in the eye of the fly tyer? As it is my wife...

Thank you, Ray, I appreciate your explanation. This will certainly help me understand Flymphs much better than I obviously did. Thank you as well for the link.

Hello, Recently I discovered that I had the wrong perception of Flymphs as compared to soft hackle flies. To help me correct this misconception may I pose a couple of questions to the forum? Do all flymphs have tails/no tails which differentiates it from a generic soft hackle fly? Do Flymphs have a ...