Wax GSP threads | Global FlyFisher

Published on Jul 29. 2018 - 6 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Gel Spun Polymer (GSP) tying threads can be extremely smooth, and will sometimes slip on materials or the hook shank. In order to overcome that, just add hard wax sparsely to a small piece of the thread. This can be done while tying, before a step where the thread needs to hold. The wax can be basically any kind of hard wax - made for fly tying, ski wax, toilet ring wax or anything suitable.

Jan 1. 2001

Make your own dubbing wax

When I recently reached the bottom of my last tube of Overton's Wonder Wax, I decided to try making my own instead of buying one of the newer commercial dubbing waxes. Like a lot of other tyers I had made my own dubbing wax years ago, but I didn't do it with a critical frame of mind.

Jan 1. 2001

Toilet ring dubbing wax

Here's a quick and simple way to make your own dubbing wax if you don't have the patience or confidence to custom blend your own.

Aug 31. 2017

Using Dubbing Wax

Often fly tiers don't use dubbing wax because they have not had good results doing so. This short tutorial might provide a different approach to the dubbing-with-wax process.

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