Cabela's have "Stalcup's Medallion Sheeting" and state that it is Raffia.
<http://www.cabelas.com/information/FlyFishing/StalcupsMedallionSheeting.htm l> Allan on 2/17/04 10:53 AM, Ginger Allen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have not seen medallion sheeting but if it is the > man-made swiss straw it is Poly-Band. Poly Band twine is made of > polyethylene film which is then folded to desired width and thickness thus > it has an ability to maintain a flat conformability to packages. It holds > tight with no tendency to cut through packages being tied. > I have a huge roll of this in white if you would like a sample. > > > > At 11:12 PM 2/14/2004 -0800, you wrote: >> I have some medallion sheeting and it seems to be the >> same product as swiss straw. -Jeff >> >> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I have become enamoured with working on a may fly >>> "study" this year and picked up Shane Stalcup's >>> "Mayflies: Top to Bottom". He uses medallion >>> sheeting quite a bit for the wings. I have checked >>> many of the fly fishing/tying retailers in my area >>> (south eastern NH) and no one carries it. I was >>> wondering if anyone had any crafty suggestions as to >>> a substitute. I have tried the cellophanewrapper >>> from a box of cigaretts and a alcohol based marker >>> to make patterns on it. As a test it worked fine >>> until I wetted it and rubbed the marking off of it >>> (granted, I rubbed pretty hard, but you figure it >>> has to survive the wear and tear of a fish gnawing >>> on it). >>> >>> Aaron >>> >> >> >> __________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. >> http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > Ginger M. Allen > Sr. Biological Scientist > Florida Master Naturalist Program Coordinator > www.MasterNaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu > www.MasterNaturalist.org > Department of Wildlife & Ecology Conservation > UF/IFAS > 2686 SR 29 N > Immokalee, FL 34142-9515 > PH (239) 658-3409 (suncom974-3400) > Fax (239) 658-3469 (suncomfax974-3469) >
