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Hello,
I am going to tie some Black and Purple soft hackle but am having some difficulty trying to find a suitable material for the purple body. May I ask what some of you have used for the body of this fly? Thank you.

Normally Pearsalls. I’m still trying to find a suitable substitute.

Most folk use a Purple silk. I use Purple UTC 70 or Uni 8/0. I think the ones I tie are pretty and sometimes the fish do as well.

Trifly - That is what really counts.

I don't use silk for my flies just Uni as a rule. With the cost of everything going up, I would hate to replicate all my Uni thread with silk. Today I got a spool of purple Uni 8/0 but was thinking of using a floss for the body. Then I thought, with all the experienced tiers on here, why not go to the experts.
I even considered using a purple dubbed body which probably sounds sacrilegious to most on here. However, perhaps the trout would forgive me for not using silk... ... my local shop doesn't even carry silk. A local craft store had sewing thread of silk but I wasn't sure it would be suitable.
Thank you for responding to my question as I appreciate it very much.

It is all good. Purple thread, purple floss, purple silk, purple herl (peacock or pheasant), purple dubbing. Nothing wrong with any of them.

raven4ns, take a look at a fly called the Madison Cabbage using the search on this forum. Yeah, it's purple ice dub and flash-a-bou for a tail. It's all good as long as the fish approve.

Thank you everyone for your kind advice. Even after 40 years of fly fishing I am still learning new things.

WOW!!! That is some fly. I would need sunglasses to tie that one, happily I just happen to have a pair of Raybans... . Would some kind soul please give me the recipe for this fly? We have some big browns up here so it should work here as well. Thank you.

Which fly, Tim?