mylar tubing

What is the best way to handle this stuff? It looks great but trying to manage when tying is a nightmare for me! It unravels,collapses,and generally gives a real ugly result that I just most of the time cut off and give up on. Your help is really appreciated!

It's hard to keep it from doing that especially on the ends until it's tied in. I have a good bit of it, but still have not got into it enough to be very helpful so sorry about that. I will see what I can find.

One key to working with it is to go really slow, when getting it on. I'm kinda of used to it from tying flies.

When I thread it over the hook the tip will unravel - used a really sharp pair of scissors and even it up then tie in. It takes practice and patience

Here's a couple I did
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/100_3802.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/100_3778.jpg

These are made with mylar.
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Very good looking jigs.. The mylar tubing can make a nice tye you just have to keep using it until you get the jig like you want. Good luck.

Here's one I did for a jig swap some time back. Practice, practice, practice...

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012001.jpg


NightProwler

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...l/minnows2.jpg

I made those and had some success with them for trout. I put 2 small beads on the shank, put the Mylar over them, tied it in and tied it off holding it as tight as I could. I am pretty sure I used pony beads so they went on really easy without drilling.

As for keeping it from fraying, if I need to I take the ends and run a lighter across them really quick to slightly melt them together. Works pretty well at times but if you get it too hot they melt bad. I have read that you can use melted wax to hold the Mylar together but have never tried it.

Have never done ot but had thought about putting a coat of Sallys around it let it dry then cut off right in front of it. Slide it on then tie around the sealer.