First time on your site and looking for a fly tying material called edgebright. I want to try it on a couple of shrimp and crab patterns and cant find a source here on the East Coast. Hope some one can help. Thanks guys tomly
try looking for lazer wrap or edge glo the guy who trademarked edgebright went out of buisness years ago.
go to dollar stores and look for neon scribble tablets. You know you write on the surface with a stylus, then lift it up the sheet and it "erases" what you wrote. That's edgebright. Only it'll be alot cheaper:clown:
Thanks guys for the quick response about the edgebright. Good luck with the stealhead fishing. I did it way back and it was the best fly fishing I ever had. now retired and no pay check coming in so it only dreaming about it. Thanks again
Philster....you and I think alike. Just went into Walmart looking for purple edgebrite. Went into the kids toy section and found those scribbling tablets you speak of...unfortunately they did not have purple...but pink, orange and chartreuse ...and at 99 cents each they would make a hundred flies for sure.....:thumb::thumb::thumb:
Cheap bastards! I absolutely love it. I am always searching wal-mart, target and various fabric and craft stores looking for stuff on sale wondering...what can I tie with that? I've never used the edge bright, but I'll be looking for it on my next trip.
Want the cheapest scud back you have ever found. Go to a fabric store and ask for ladies bathing suit elastic. It comes from 1/8th inch to 5/8ths inch in width. Takes a permanent marker perfectly and even has the reflective flecks that scud back has....cheap too....like 35 cents a metre.......... I am going to have to go back to Walmart and find a translucent purple beach ball and cut it up for edgebrite........:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Oh, I have a pink inflatable of that translucent stuff, cats popped it and the kids cried for hours. I told them I would patch it but I found that nearly impossible. I could tie a billion flies with that. Anyone willing to post a photo of what you tie with such material? I might even trade some of the material for other things I might need in my my tying area.
Try tying the Dean River lantern in Orange/Pink/ and Chartreuse. Here is a link. Just make sure you use a silver tinsel underbody to get the full affect of edgebrite. http://www.akflyfishers.com/fom_dean_river_lantern.html
Paul, thanks for the link to the lantern. Great looking fly that I'll tie up and try for sure. I like the bright and black combo. That akflyfishers.com site is great, I'm following one of their rat patterns for an articulated steelhead swap currently. Great site, great directions, great photos. Thanks again. I went down and whipped these up to try it out. Synthetic fur for the tail hair fibers. Holographic silver tinsel, one has a pale pink hackle under black, the other has flourescent pink under black. I did not have any good black hackle, so this will have to do for now. Let me know what you think. I've got enough of this "edgebrite" fabric from a 3' diameter inflatable to tie a billion flies. PM if you have some colors you want to swap for some of this hot pink.
Never caught a steelie on an edgebright fly. Can't take more than 5 casts with one before thinking "I bet I'd do better with a spey or spade, or skunk, or muddler, or..." But back in the nineties in california during shad season? I would go a solid month with nothing else on my tippet Oh, and I've never seen a purple tablet either Norseman1. Pink and orange out the wazoo. Chartreuse is kinda rare in my experience. Snap those up!
fdc, I alwasys bend my barbs with my flat pliars as I put them into my fly boxes...honest! By the way, I just scored yards of edgebright in Hot Pink, Hot Yellow and Hot Green. If anyone needs some I will send them a swatch for postage and a very small fee. The supply that I got exceeds my lifetime of fly tying needs. I guess I should wise up and bend the barbs before tying the fly. That way if one breaks it is not a lost fly, just a broken hook. I do break a few, but then I cut them cleanly and use them as training flies for practice casting in the yard or with my kids.
