Mixing Polypropylene Macrame Yarn Custom Colors For Fly Tying

Charlie Craven demonstrates how he mixes and blends custom colors of Polypropylene Macrame Yarn.
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[@cynditownsend9123]

Great video. I am new to fly tying and find your demos wonderful. I am a fiber artist and have a hint to make the blending faster. Take two dog brushes lay the fiber on one then brush through with the other, going back and forth folding the fibers over to mix the colors.

[@edherrmann182]

Thanks for the demo video. I have been making my own dubbing for several years. I never thought about macrame yarn as I can see it’s great value with dry flys and emergers. By combining that with elk and deer hair you really get the unsinkable fly.

[@timg2798]

I ordered close to (1) of every color off his website after this video came out. For $3 per color I have a life time of "Para post" "Timmy" wings etc.. and I make them exactly the way I want them, not how hairline or the others say I should have them.. And the results are amazing!

[@cecilwalley306]

Have used this. You give a whole new way of using this stuff. Thanks for all your videos. Always learn something new👍

[@thomasw_]

awesome advice from the mix master CC -- truly helpful techniques. thanks heaps of bonnie braid polypropylene macrame yarn :)

[@theinvasivespecies1119]

This helps. I've bought these from your shop online!

[@ruebdogg1]

Charlie, you have the BEST fly tying channel!! Have you ever considered doing on the water videos??

[@firstlast6159]

He has a few

[@CharliesFlyBox]

There’ll be more too!

[@goldenvise]

I buy polypropylene yarn from fabric stores and do the same thing. I need to get one of those dog brushes. :) I tie a lot of parachute flies using that stuff. It fluffs out more, making a slightly bigger "wing" to see than the polypropylene you get at fly tying shops. Not to mention it's a literal tiny, tiny fraction of the cost.

[@jorgemerino4709]

Good advice. Thank you. Can you use that resulting polypropylene as fly tying dubbing? Thank you.

[@allangoodsell9407]

Thank you for this!

[@crisworledge4289]

Awesome many thanks

[@alvarosalas3654]

Me diste una gran idea, mas barato y puedo combinar tonos. Gracias

[@bryanj7]

That macrame yarn looks similar to EP fibres and or also crinkle hair.

[@robertmajor4904]

I have been unraveling a few inches of the rope and cut it off, do the same with a second rope if I want to mix two colours and then roll them between my fingers to make them straight. Then mix the two small portions. Keeps the rope tidy and in the bag it came in.

[@whitesand76]

Good job

[@josephsichting8162]

Thanks

[@billdodson2215]

Your dog brush looks like the perfect tool for the job, kind of heavy duty. Do you recall where you purchased it?
Bill Dodson
Troy, Montana

[@cachi-7878]

Mesmerizing! 😂

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Nice

[@craig6108]

In addition to fly tying material, perhaps one could make their own custom yarn strike indicators this way as well?

[@stephenhegedus6930]

Can polypropylene blended like this be used for dubbing too?

[@CharliesFlyBox]

Not really. These fibers are very coarse, you could chop it and use it in a loop but it definitely doesn’t twist on worth a damn.

[@stephenhegedus6930]

Thanks Charlie!

[@jjm4643]

Have you used this for a crab fly?

[@CharliesFlyBox]

I haven’t but I’d have to think it would work pretty well. The material sheds water nicely.

[@jjm4643]

@@CharliesFlyBox I would think the fact that it's bouyant wouldn't matter with a weighted fly(?)

[@number6bugger216]

If I bring a trash bag full of yarn into the shop can the guys blend it together for me in between customers? 😂

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Only during a Bronco game :-(

[@jamesvatter5729]

Looks like you created imitation fox tail, Charlie.