Re: Holographic flash was: [VFB] Rainbow Warrior

[Dean Larson]

HI Wes

    I went to Wally World here and they didn't have any of what you found. I found the clear (more or less) at K-Mart. there is enough for a couple of life times for $1.99. It appears to holographic. I used about half of one strand to tie six of the flies. There is 1,000 strands called Tinsel Icecles.

    Dean
Wes Wada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I was in Wallyworld yesterday, so on Joyce's prompt, I checked out the
Christmas tree tinsel.

The holographic tinsel is a Wal-Mart product called Holiday Time, is
high quality, 18" long, slightly wider than regular Flashabou, is
packaged on a dense 5" width card, and costs a whopping 87 cents. The
quantity would last you a long, long time.

The colors I saw were red, gold, and one copper which I snapped up on
sight. I did not see a clear or silver, though this store may not have
had those in stock. Also, the K-Mart product may be different and
offer other colors.

If you reverse the color scheme in a chromie, these flashes would work
great. The chromie, a chironomid pupa pattern by Philip Rowley,
specifies silver flash ribbed with red holographic flash. It would be
just as easy to make the underbody the red or copper holographic and
rib with silver flash.


At the local dollar store, I found gift bows made with narrow silver
holographic flash at 25 cents each, plus a big bag of pearlescent mylar
shred (wide mylar flash) at 95 cents.

Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon

Joyce Westphal wrote:
> The mylar flash is the clear Christmas tree holographic tinsel that
> you can by at K mart or Wal mart right know. It's called Christmas
> icicles or Christmas tinsel I think and is just clear, holographic
> mylar. Cost is about 1.49 at the above stores..go look in the
> Christmas tree decoration department.  Also keep your eyes open for
> holographic gold and silver..best buy right now in the same department
> and much cheaper than if you buy it in the fishing department. Joyce

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