Veniard Super Stretch Floss

[rabmax]

Hello all i was in my local tackle shop & noticed a pack of this stuff in medium Olive hanging up.Just tied up a snowshoe emerger easy stuff to work with stretches like hell if you want a slim body.But have read a few people complaining about some of these stretch floss materials degrading & your flies falling apart. If i tie a load of these flies up would they be durable & not fall apart. Cheers

[arkle]

If you buy some underwear, it inevitably contains some form of elastic to enable it to stretch to hold it in place. Lycra/Spandex are water-resistant forms of elastic. But they do not last forever. The material you've bought is either one of these types of product, so if permanently stretched it will have a reduced lifespan compared to when it's un-stretched. Certain colours are less resistant to u.v. than others in materials & elastics, so some colours will last less than others.

You can wind the stuff over wet(& thick grade) superglue, it will extend its life a bit but not much. Latex *dental dam) bodied flies look fantastic, especially when marked with Pantone's & the like but they very soon disintegrate into a sticky mass.

[boony]

Is it called uni stretch? If so this is most peoples favourite under body for classic salmon flies. I am really strugling to find some where did you get it?

I have just checked and its not the same stuff

John.

[rabmax]

Originally Posted by boony

Is it called uni stretch? If so this is most peoples favourite under body for classic salmon flies. I am really strugling to find some where did you get it?

I have just checked and its not the same stuff

John.

Hello boony it was the last one they had it says Veniard Super Stretch Floss on the packet no mention of uni on the packet.