Sunday, March 20, 2011

A trip to Dollar Tree netted a great find

I am always on the lookout for a great deal on materials that I can tie flies with. I went to dollar tree to get a present bag for a friends birthday. I ran out of some winging material I got from a garage sale which was sold by Rainy's .  I found that maybe a 2 inch by 8 inch of the material is about $2 .  I found pretty much the same thing at the dollar store for...  guess what... $1 lol .. It came in 3 sheets of 20x20 inches.  Here is a picture of rainy's material. It is the only pic I could find.  Great picture??  I think not..
Here is what I found and how I could duplicate it the above material for really cheap in 3 colors and get a lifetime supply

 This is what it looked like before I took it out of the bag. Hopefully you can find the same thing. Michael's sales it for about $3.50 I think as well
 It is clear but has a cool sheen too it.
 I will cut the piece I want and roll it in my fingers to wrinkle it quite a bit
 Here are some caddis wings I cut out of it from my wing cutter.
Here is a foam hopper I tied using the clear version Which was on the right of my picture that showed all three. You don't have to crinkle it but I do cause it gives it angles so it holds its shape a lot better and looks more like a real wing.  give it a try and see what you can come up with

21 comments:

  1. Good tip Dustin. I'm always on the lookout for different materials that can used for fly tying.

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  2. That is some cool looking wing material. I am a big fan of using affordable materials. Found a similar product at a local craft-store cheap a couple of years ago. I make a great wing. I haven't been to the Dollar Tree lately. Gonna have get by there now :)

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  3. teachtrec -- I knew you would like it. I have tried to find it earlier at walmart and target and could not find any so I was happy to find it at dollar tree.

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  4. I love finding bargain fly tying materials in unexpected places. Nice post.

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  5. right on dustin, craft shops have awesome/cheap materials...I like to make fly boxes from foam and containers from michaels.. sweet blog

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  6. Nice, that's brilliant. After one start tying flies, Dollar tree, Hobby Lobby, and even Home Depot becomes a extended fly tying supply store. For a while the Waddington shanks were depleted in the fly tying market and since I wanted to continue tying stinger flies – I used thin cotter pins from Home Depot …worked fine and was a whole lot cheaper.

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  7. Very good idea, I'm gonna have to check my dollar store some time soon now. These would make good under wings for my upcoming hopperfest lol.

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  8. Hi Dustin! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Wow - wouldn't have thought of Dollar Tree as a source for lure tying supplies, but I love Dollar General, Family Dollar & Dollar General just for the off-beat bargains you can find there sometimes. You go with your bad self! :)

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  9. Oops - meant Dollar TREE instead of two trips to Dollar General. :)

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  10. I am heading again to see what other gems they have. I need to get some hard as nails and I am sure they will carry that

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  11. Never know where you will find hidden gems...good post!

    -stephanie

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  12. Dustin, break the wings when you cast?
    In Spain there is a similar material, but it seems very weak.

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  13. this seems to be a little thicker than what I have used in the past. Make sure to make a clean cut and you should be fine

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  14. don't you just love finding cheap material at craft shops? i work at a michaels arts and crafts store so i get all kinds of foam sheets feathers furs yarn etc. neat blog by the way

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