Chenille or dubbing?

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I use some with dubbing, but mostly special dubbing like Holo Ice Dun. Chenille will out last dub most every time and is much faster to tie.

I don't live even driving distance from a fly tying shop so all my materials come from on line purchase. Or from a wholesale place I buy from a good bit.

If you buy from a place like Bob Marriott's you don't even pay tax and if you save your purchase until you need enough and buy over $100 it is also free shipping. I buy stuff from them a good bit and they have fast and good service.

I make jigs using most every fly tying material I can and it still comes down to chenille on a regular jig.

Pipe cleaners from Walmart or craft stores I never use and don't plan on changing that. Heck I live 40 miles from a Walmart anyway so it's not like driving down the block a bit.

You can also buy from Barlow's Tackle and look at what you want on line and call them with an order and with them you can also expect good service and pretty fast delivery.

I don't see any reason to need a fly tying material shop that you can drive to anyway as most of them are higher than the two I mentioned.

On more point, I went to Amazon.com and just typed in fly tying material and found this and more. However this link will take you to dubbing for sale and if you click on special offers you will find free shipping on orders over $20. So it's not all that expensive if you look a little on line.
http://www.amazon.com/Wapsi-Cycle-Du...9272294&sr=8-6

Also look at the bottom of that page and several shops and at least one offers free shipping.

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