On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:37:22 GMT, Tim Lysyk
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
Over the past few years, I have tied more and more dryfly imitations of
mayfly duns with variations of quill bodies. I use the word mayfly for
generics, not just the large fly by that name as Europeans use it. My
reasons for the move to quills was twofold: A slender, realistically
segmented body could be created and lighter colors remained true when wet.
The variations I have tried include, peacock quill(bleached and
dyed),stripped and dyed hackle quill,
bleached and dyed peccarry, turkey biots and plastic
'pseudoquill' types. Right now, I have sort of settled for using turkey biot
for most patterns, due to good availability, durability and ease of use. Any
others with input on this?
Tom

I like goose biots. If you tie them in correctly, one edge will curl up
for a really authentic segmented look to the body.

Tim Lysyk

copyright me.


Dyed Domestic Goose Biots are not the same as dyed wild Canada Goose.
They are very hard to find and if you know a hunter a bottle of
whatever will go a long ways. The domestic or white dyed goose biot
does not have the depth of the "dark" edge definition when tied in,
which is what gives the pronounced segmented look. I will try an find
my vise and build a few for comparison and post the results