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I ordered some fly tying tinsel from a company called "PurpleTaco". They have a wealth of colors, sizes, material lengths, and types such as cracked ices,and holographic and glows. I spoke with the owner of the place over the phone and he was a pleasure to speak with as he is one of us. They ran a Black Friday deal for 15% off your order and I got some new and different material to use for my next batch of peanut flies. The material is a banded, standard cut tinsel that is 4 inches long. The strands are wider and probably a bit stronger than the flashabou I have been using. The strands are held together with a 1/4" band and the pieces of tinsel are 3 feet long. A lot of flies. Should be easier to make the flies with the band on the material also.
Look them up on the web at www.purpletacoflysupply.com .

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O thanks Don, you really did it to me with this 1. They have so many choices I'll go crazy trying to pick which material I want to use. LOL thanks for the info.

Made me about dizzy too. At 3 dollars per yard you can try a bunch.

I have been buying material from them for years, good stuff and catches fish. Thanks Don now my secret stuff isn't so secret anymore, don't ask for my favorite colors and combos though. LOL.

Wildkat wrote:

O thanks Don, you really did it to me with this 1. They have so many choices I'll go crazy trying to pick which material I want to use. LOL thanks for the info.

Tim make sure you try some of the "Baby Blue cracked ice" it is awesome. It really has a chameleon effect. Light blue but reflects as green and light gold in bright light.

I have been busy tying up some peanut flies and some 4 inch flasher flies in between deer hunts. Here is some pics of a few of them.

don your going to make a bloody mess of your boat with that stuff ! fill the box

Those look pretty nice Don. I haven't started looking at next year's stuff yet. Still cleaning up from hunting season. LOL But it's coming soon. I do like some of the colors at this site & will be ordering some soon. I'll need to look through the material I have then order. Of course then it will be paint for spoons & lures then tapes. It's like never ending. But gives me something to do in the winter.

Purple/black/copper or gold= dirty water stud, especially with a little uv added

You guys are killing me, who took pictures of my fly box? LOL Southshore is correct those colors are hot every spring for me dirty or clean water, also a good Steelie color. Oh and when they get a little beat up they work even better.