anyone help varygated chenile?

[gotcha]

A few weeks ago being new to this site I clicked around absorbing this and that and eventually came across a fly tying materials supplier who I think was based in Iceland.

Amongst the items they were offering was varigated Chenile in lovely shades of tan and other colours, dark/light, blonde/brunette which would make excellent shrimp and especially crab patterns for my bonefishing and Permit.

Of course I should have saved the page but did not do so (plonker)

Since then I have tried to find the seller with no luck.

Hopefully one of your members might point me in the right direction and identify the online shop.

I seem to have the name of something 'pool' in the back of my mind but could be wrong.
Anyone help please.

[arkle]

Danville's produce a lot of variegated chenille & it's has been marketed over here by several companies. Tom Saville's now c/o Walker's of Trowell have stocked it before now, it may be worth a call. Doubtless there are plenty of others as well.

[kirksmeaton]

Was it mistpool?

Mistpool


Bill

[steveparton]

Technically a pal of mine could knock it off for you !
Problem is you'd have to take around 5kgs per variation as it has to be made with coloured input of the desired shades .
Still you could dye the unwanted 4.95kgs Black I suppose !

Problem with variegated chenilles in practise is that the colours tend to show up on a longshank in particular as stripes and spirals- they tend to look better on the card than on the fly !

Best wishes

Steve Parton

[gotcha]

Thanks Arkle, Kirks and Steve, it was indeed Mistpool Kirks so again thanks.

The stuff seems as rare as rocking horse droppings in the UK but more widely available in the USA.

Re tying along the shank Steve I use it in another way, a piece of disc or oval shaped very fine bendy plastic is secured over the shank with thread and glue.

Its a bit like Corsair? Then the chenile is wound over the plastic type material with touching turns, rubber legs can be worked in afterwards between the strands. This results in a lovely mottled appearance above and below the pattern. It can be weighted to suit the depth and weightless is perfect for tailing fish.

Thanks again.

[stevekale]

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