Fly Makers Wax
Fly Makers Wax
Fly Maker’s wax, also known as Cobblers Wax, has long been important to fly tyer. These waxes aid the fly tyer in many ways, from helping dubbing adhere to the thread and waterproofing and preserving the silk threads.
The different waxes have different properties to aid the tying process. These properties are described below.
To apply, keep a small pea-sized ball close to your hand. Warm the wax slightly by rolling it between your fingers. Now utilizing finger pressure, draw the desired thread length across the wax to apply a wax coating to the thread.
621 Wax is the least tacky and hardest of the traditional waxes. Commonly called summer wax and could be kept in one’s shirt pocket to tie streamside.
721 Wax is a medium-tack, medium-hard wax. This is the workhorse wax of traditional fly patterns.
722 wax is a soft high-tack wax known as winter wax. This formula was commonly used during the cold seasons as it is the easiest to soften. Although not a true dubbing wax, it does have some use in light dubbing applications.
Each block of wax weighs approximately 1/4 ounce.