I was in my local pound shop the other day and noticed they have a kids art and crafts section,i spent a tenner and ended up with loads of seaquins ,flatty blades(there leafs but will do grand),beads to do me years coloured plastic ones ,also a packet of chrome plastic beads ,also rig tubing sort of stuff loads in packet 8 different colours,its a bit stiffer but will do,anyway id hate to see what id pay for the real stuff in a tackle shop,give ur local pound/euro shop a look u might be pleasently surprised