Fly tying material for tracers???

[PeteA]

Who uses fly tying material for tracers? What do you use and how do you affix it to your arrows?

[Pat B]

I'm about to add some rabbit zonker tracers to a new set of poplar arrows I'm making. I use fletch tape but have used super glue, TiteBond glue, Duco and others. With the fletch tape you stick the tape on a premesures strip of the zonker and wrap it on. With other glues I use a straight pin at each end of the zonker until the glur dries.
  I've tried marabou feathers too but they wern't sucessful for me.

[Orion]

Rabbit fur or maribou feathers. Contact cement works for the rabbit.  Can use fletching cement or fly tying cement on the maribou quills.  Just wrap the material around the arrow -- once for rabbit, maybe twice for maribou.  Some suppliers offer stickey backed rabbit fur specifically for arrows. BTW,I like maribou better.  Lighter and seems to offer a little less wind resistance.  Is a little harder to put on.  I don't use either very much anymore.

[V I Archer]

I use the rabbit strips and some super glue.  They hold up pretty well and come in a wide variety of colours.  I love em on my stumping arrows, make them super easy to find after an errant shot.

[JamesKerr]

Like Pat B. said just use rabbit zonkers in whatever color you want and use fletching tape to install them.

[Pat B]

...and I prefer white. I've tried lots of colors but not even the flourescent colors show up in all conditions like white does.

i use this stuff , found at a fabric store.
same stuff they use for comercialy made tracers.
its synthetic-80%acrylic,20%polyester.
enough to last a lifetime for about $7.00 .
cut in strips about 3/8ths wide and an inch long,then glue on.


 

 

 

[DannyBows]

I use pre-cut 1/4" rabbit strips made for fly-tying. I wrap it around the shaft a few times, I like the nice ball of color it makes. I use contact cement.

 

 

 

 

 

rabbit fur does apear to make a fuller ball, i do like that. might try those again.