Antron Yarn

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

I have several cards of antron yarn that I do not use and was wondering if I could cut this up and blend to make some dubbing out of it. I really like antron dubbing and was curious if I could salvage this yard. Any help and/or ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

John

[Oldschoolcane]

Hey John,

No problem with using the Antron yarn, however most users add some antron to it to add more sparkle to the dubbing. Saw a post somewhere that may explain this....

"was reading Eric's Slagle's article on Sparkle Pupa in the recent issue of Fly Tyer. He stressed that any colored Antron Sparkle Dubbing should be mixed with clear or white Antron to get a proper body color. This seems quite reasonable although I believe there are some distinct differences between white and clear Antron. However, upon reading Gary LaFontaine's comments in "Caddisflies", he indicates that the Sparkle Yarn marketed at the time consisted of a blend of colored and clear Antron. Has the packaged material changed?? Is Wapsi's Sparkle Dubbing the same as the Sparkle Yarn, Gary talked about?"

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=462276

Tim

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Tim,

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try.

John

[motroutbum]

the stuff that La fontaine used was the actual yarn. like the stuff you can go and get at the yarn store or in the fabrics section in walmart or anyother craft store. it was 3 stranded antron yarn. Aunt Lydia's soarkle antron yarn is the closest thing you can get to tying the original sparkle and emergent pupae. and not it is not exactly the same as the stuff in the wapsi antron dubbing now. it carries many of the same properties. it all depends on what you want...do you want the original or the newest version.