Monofilament Fly Tying Thread Substitute 2-6lb mono.

If you are a Fly Tyer like me you see materials everywhere. Craft stores make your head spin, every aisle creates a flurry of ideas in your head. I can never have enough materials, I have a junk material bin that has little samples of material ripped and snipped off anything that made me think of “Ooh I could use that as a ________ , when Fly Tying” Wings, Legs, Eye’s, Bodies, the list goes on.

Here’s a substitute for those tiny spools of Mono Fly Trying thread.

Looking at the line dia.

Waspi UTC comes in 3 dia.

.004″

.006″

.008″

UNI Products UNI-Mono Clear Monofilament comes in 2, Fine and Med.

.004″

.007″

2lb – 6lb Monofilament line falls right in that dia.

I scored this 3000 yard spool on clearance for $5, when a local sporting good big box store was closing their fishing section. I’ve been tying teaser and larger saltwater patterns for a long time without any problems. I just re-use the empty spools.

Hitting the monofilament line with a Sharpie marker makes changing colors real easy. Just a few wraps of red adds a nice touch for a gill plate.

Referencing a Tippet Charts show almost same values in dia. and lb. test