Frostbite

[cardiac]

Has anyone used or know where to get it. It's kind of a floss from what I understand. Nick, Jason ever hear of it?

[chanceb]

blood worms? I've seen it on ebay, and I believe in Cabelas

[nativecutt]

I hear that its available from Hareline. However it is not in any of their catalogs that we have. I have tried to get it before but couldn't find any.

[carpman]

Alan,

Frostbite is a woven (single strand) mylar. It is available in lots of colors. Most use it for chronomid patterns. I have several spools, but can't remember where I ordered it. I think it came from Hareline, but don't remember for sure.

I found it to be OK stuff, but nothing to write home about. I haven't caught any more fish using it than I have using thread bodies....

Fun to try though.....

[Jason]

I just supplement frostbite with CDC or white antron. I assume your tying up some Frostbite midge patterns for stillwater....correct? Chan's frostbite pattern is a good stillwater and river midge pattern. Good stuff. I don't think I've ever seen or used the real frostbite material.

[cardiac]

Yes you guys are right. Chans patterns for stillwater. Thanks for the info. I tried to google it and didn't have much luck. Thread works for us, so we'll stick wit tit.

[Jason]

So is the frostbite material used to tie the body or is it the gills? I'm confused. For some reason I thought the gills were tied with frostbite. I guess I had it backwards all this time. I just got my Fly Tyer mag yesterday and it had a whole article on Chan. Good stuff.

[nightfish]

I haven't seen or used Frostbite, and I can't seem to find who the distributor is. Glad I could help.

[Curtis Fry]

So is the frostbite material used to tie the body or is it the gills? I'm confused. For some reason I thought the gills were tied with frostbite. I guess I had it backwards all this time. I just got my Fly Tyer mag yesterday and it had a whole article on Chan. Good stuff.
Yeah, I saw that one too -- good article. I'm sure it's a nice material, but then like Lance says, I don't think there's anything magical about it. Just look at the variety of materials he uses for his other patterns.