curious?

[horses50]

I was just wondering which material do you prefer when tying your flies natural materials or the synthetic?I have been tying for a good few years not show flies but ones that catch fish if you know what i mean,with both types of materials and i am convinced that i catch more fish when i tie a fly with natural materials than i do when the fly is constructed with synthetic.

[tonyt]

Originally Posted by horses50

with both types of materials and i am convinced that i catch more fish when i tie a fly with natural materials than i do when the fly is constructed with synthetic.

Im with you on that one.
I do prefer tying with natural materials, some of the synthetic stuff is great too.
There are new synthetic materials being added on a regular basis, Im not sure what to do with most of it though. A lot of which you could probably source yourself at a fraction of the cost.

Tony

[st7]

I'd tend to agree, but can you count dyed natural materials as actually natural though?

[horses50]

I tend to read a lot and everything i have have read states "there is no such thing as solid colours in nature"so why is it that most stuff we buy mainly dubbing is one solid colour?

[shpeil]

It's horses for courses, i reckon. I wouldn't be without gold, silver and pearly mylar for example. But nor would I be without bog standard hare's ear.

[mot]

I don't think I have ever tied a fly purely out of synthetic materials, so I don't think its as black and white as you suggest in the OP. I think synthetic materials are a compliment to our natural materials that can enhance or change the way a pattern looks or fishes. Certainly in the way I try to use them.

There are probably exceptions to this, e.g. lightweight synthetics used to tie very large predator/SWFF flies though, but its not an area I am familiar with.