Tinsel

The AXXEL Flash is also available as 8-inch bundled strands one ply known as AXXEL 8. We add five new colors: Brown, Light Blue, Pink, Rainbow/Black and Yellow for 2011. A combination package is available containing one hank of each colour.

The Flat Braid is made of 8 braided plies of UNI-Mylar. That makes outstanding butts, bodies and ribs for large flies. You can also fray this material for tailing. Available on spools of 7 yds in 11 colours: Pearl, Gold, Silver, Holographic Silver, Red, Pearl/Red and new for 2009 Green, Holographic Fuchsia, Holographic Purple and Pearl/Green. New for 2022 the Holographic Gold. Also available in combo pack. It is a very "bright" material.

AXXEL Flash is a flash material on a spool. It consists of six narrow strands of flash material interlaced with nylon micro-filaments for strenght. Fly-Tiers are still finding new uses for this UNI-Products material. For example, AXXEL Flash can be wound with other body material to add sparkle, separated into individual strands for the addition of just a touch of flash, or added to a standard wing. A combination package is available containing one spool of each colour. Available colours are: Black, Copper, Fuschia, Gold, Green, Pearl, Purple, Rainbow White, Rainbow Black, Royal Blue, Red, Silver Black, Silver. NEW for 2005: Brown, Lt.Blue, Fuschia+Blue, Holographic Gold, New for 2006: Peacock, New for 2007 : Pink New for 2016 : Holographic Silver New for 2018 : Orange and Salmon

The UNI-French Embossed tinsels comes in two sizes .05" (Medium #10) and .038'' (Small #12) and 3 colors : Gold, Silver and Copper.

UNI-French is a very high quality metallic tinsel exclusive to UNI-Products. This tinsel is varnished so it will not tarnish. The gold and silver oval tinsel, which has an extra strong core, is available in large, medium, small, and extra-small. The most popular UNI-French Oval colors, silver and gold, are available in four sizes: large, medium, small, and extra small. Copper is available in three sizes, pewter in large only, and now red in medium. A Combo Pack of 20 spools offers tiers a mix of oval, embossed, and wire.

For 1999, UNI has added a silver, 3-strand twist, medium size, to it's popular line of French tinsels. Can be divided to be used as a single thread.New for 2019 the color Gold

UNI-French Wire tinsels comes in copper, silver, and gold, Available in 4 sizes, large, medium, small and extra-small available in gold only. Quality wire for ribbing or bodies can be difficult to find, but not from a UNI-Products dealer.

For those small flies where standard tinsels are too large, try UNI Products Micro-Tinsel. This 6/0 round tinsel comes in fourteen (14) colors and a combination package of twenty (20) spools. Each spool contains twelve yards of material. Three of the colors, Silver, Gold and Multicolor, are also available in a 3/0 size. Available colors: Blue, Bronze, Copper, Fuschia, Gold, Green, Grey, Multicolor, Old Gold, Pearl, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver.

For those who swear by wire underbodies or direct-dubbing on wire, UNI has introduce Soft-Wire. While it does not have the strength of our superior quality UNI-French wire, it wraps more easily. This non-tarnishing wire is available in eight regulars colors on spools of 7 grams and three neons colors(see next image) on spool of 6 grams of material regardless of wire size (Small Medium and Large).

Tinsel users will appreciate the choices available in UNI-Mylar. Comes in 4 popular sizes, #10=1/16", #12=3/64", #14=1/32" and #16=1/69", in Pearl, Gold & Silver. Copper & Blue, Red & Green, Peacock & Orange. The Holographic Silver, Red, Black, Orange, Light Blue, Chartreuse, Rainbow and Gold are available in 3 sizes(10,12,14). In 2015 a UNI-Mylar #14 Clear, and in 2022 a UNI-Mylar White and UNI-Mylar Black available in 3 sizes were introduced. A twenty (20) spool combination of plain color and an other of holographic color will fill all mylar tinsel needs.

Non-toxic wire, use instead of lead. This Wire stainless steel is available in three sizes ,003" (New 2009) .006” and .009”. On spool of 6 gr for the .003" and for .006" and on spool of 8 gr. for .009".

For those who swear by wire underbodies or direct-dubbing on wire, UNI has introduce Soft-Wire. While it does not have the strength of our superior quality UNI-French wire, it wraps more easily. This non-tarnishing wire is available in seven regulars colors on spool of 7 grams and three neons colors on spool of 6 grams of material regardless of wire size (Small Medium and Large).

Picture of how the UNI-French Oval and the Micro Tinsel are made

Since 2007 we introduced many holographic colors.(Holographic Silver, Gold, Red, Black, Orange, Light Blue, Chartreuse and Rainbow) They are available in 3 sizes(10,12,14). They are UNI Products exclusive. In 2015 a UNI-Mylar #14 Clear, a twenty (20) spool combination of plain colors and an other of holographic colors were introduced to fill all mylar tinsel needs.

Axxel-Mini is a narrow strand of sparkling material, available on 17 yards spools. With sixteen colors, the Axxel-Mini adds versatility to create attractives fly's body, wing and tail: Aqua, Black, Bronze, Claret, Copper, Gold, Multicolor, Mystic Gold, Mystic Red, Olive, Peacock, Pearl, Rainbow Black, Rainbow Purple and Silver. It is also available in 20 spools combo pack.

We added the color Holographic Gold to our UNI-Flat Braid line. We have 11 colors now.