What kind of foam is used in tying flies?

Posted on September 28, 2009 by admin

I’ve been tying flies for several years now and I found a pattern I want to try to tie. The pattern calls for the use of "closed cell foam" but my local sporting goods store doesn’t carry this, or any other foam. So where can I find this foam or what is a good substitute for this foam?

Many materials can be found at craft stores such as AC Moore’s, Michael’s craft stores and so on……you can find craft foam, chenille, yarn, etc…..try looking on Youtube to see if there is a video on how to tie this fly or one similar……I just saw today a foam and deer hair grass hopper fly and a green meanie which I want to tie……good luck….

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4 Responses to What kind of foam is used in tying flies?

  1. lymanspond says:
    September 28, 2009 at 6:24 am

    Many materials can be found at craft stores such as AC Moore’s, Michael’s craft stores and so on……you can find craft foam, chenille, yarn, etc…..try looking on Youtube to see if there is a video on how to tie this fly or one similar……I just saw today a foam and deer hair grass hopper fly and a green meanie which I want to tie……good luck….
    References :

  2. say no to cubes says:
    September 28, 2009 at 6:43 am

    I think closed cell foam is actuall a pretty dense foam. If you can believe they make dense foam. If you can’t find it at one of the stores mentioned, http://www.cabelas.com has a great assortment of materials at a decent price. Tight lines.
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  3. Captain Bill says:
    September 28, 2009 at 7:33 am

    Hi
    try going to http://www.easyfishing4fun.com and clicking on : Tackle Shoppe" link…..You might beable to locate what it is you’re looking for
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  4. AIRFLOW says:
    September 28, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Closed cell foam is almost any kind of foam and even ethofoam will work for fly tying as well as lining your fly box, all its generally used for is adding buoyancy to large flies where CDC may not work, this is the stuff you need
    http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_47155_175004004_175000000_175004000_175-4-4
    Good for tying beetles, lures etc.
    Also try this;
    http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat20546&id=0001256314444a&navCount=1&podId=0001256&parentId=cat20546&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20546&hasJS=true
    When youve used this there is no need to apply floatant. Also try
    http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_34466_175004004_175000000_175004000_175-4-4
    References :