Tommi-Fly UV Smooth Shiny Body Dark
Tommi-Fly UV Smooth Shiny Body Dark is a premium synthetic body material designed for creating smooth, glossy fly bodies with a subtle UV effect. The Dark colour range features rich natural shades enhanced with gentle UV reflectivity, making fly patterns more visible underwater while preserving a realistic appearance.
Technical Specifications
| Material | Synthetic material with UV effect |
| Type | Material for smooth glossy fly bodies |
| Properties | Smooth surface, UV reflective, subtle shine, easy to use |
| Applications | Nymphs, Perdigons, larvae, pupae, chironomids and realistic subsurface flies |
| Manufacturer | Tommi-Fly |
What is Tommi-Fly UV Smooth Shiny Body Dark?
Tommi-Fly UV Smooth Shiny Body Dark is designed for tying exceptionally smooth, evenly tapered fly bodies with a refined UV sheen. The darker shades imitate many aquatic insects found in rivers and lakes, making them ideal for nymphs, larvae and other subsurface patterns where natural dark tones are essential.
The material wraps cleanly without adding unnecessary bulk, allowing slim and realistic bodies to be created with ease. Its subtle UV reflection adds an extra level of attraction without overpowering the natural profile of the fly, making it suitable for both classic and modern competition patterns.
Key Features
- Creates smooth, uniform fly bodies.
- Subtle UV effect enhances underwater visibility.
- Natural dark colour selection.
- Builds slim bodies without unnecessary bulk.
- Easy to wrap and control.
- Ideal for realistic and competition fly patterns.
Ideal For
- European nymphs.
- Perdigons.
- Larvae.
- Pupae.
- Chironomids.
- Realistic subsurface flies.
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FLYFISHING.BG RECOMMENDSWrap Tommi-Fly UV Smooth Shiny Body Dark over a dark-coloured underbody and finish with a thin coat of UV resin. This enhances the glossy finish, intensifies the UV effect and produces a durable, highly realistic body with excellent depth and definition. |
яThe fly-tying material is intended, as the translation of its name suggests, a "smooth shiny body" for the creation of very attractive bodies of artificial flies. The material is made of specially shaped polymers, which are characterized by high gloss, translucency, flat structure and good strength, even if the material is very thin. In addition to the color scale, we added the property of UV light reflection to this material by dyeing.
This material has two colors of gloss, namely green (peacock) and UV blue-violet, which alternate in the material at different angles of light reflection. Translucency, another property that is very important for this material and makes the body of the fly an unmistakable effect. When tying the body of the fly, we layer the material on top of each other and the first layer transmits light and the lower layer reflects it back, thus changing the shade of color when tying. The material has a flat structure, which is a significant advantage when tying, the body of the fly does not acquire, and unwanted humps are not formed. The flat structure is also very good for light reflection or absorption. The material is technologically modified to reflect UV light. Simply put, if we shine a UV flashlight on the material, especially with less saturated colors, the material lights up. The material is very light and is suitable not only for tying nymphs, but also dry flies.
How to use the material correctly?
The material has two sides, both sides are glossy, however, only one of them has a visible blue-violet UV reflection. Despite the translucency of the material, it is important to bind the material so that the side with the UV gloss is always upwards.
The colors can be combined in flies, the material, thanks to its structure, fits perfectly together and creates an unmistakable mosaic on the body of the fly. The fineness of this material allows you to tie even ultra small flies of sizes 18 and smaller. On the other hand, the material can be used well on larger hooks. The largest hook tested was a gammar type size 8 when tying a mosquito.
