I'm sure Shane Stallcup will disagree but I'll ramble on anyway. I have some medallion sheeting. It was very expensive to purchase and I only bought one package to serve as a sample. It appears to be the same material as zing wing marketed by John Betts except that it is slightly heavier. I have a bag full of poly band material that I scavenged from a tire warehouse, it came in several colors and when it is glued together with a flexible water proof glue serves nicely as medallion sheeting. Over the years I have seen dozens of synthetic wing materials come and go. None have stood the test of time like materials such as deer hair, calf tail, or bird feathers for winging dry flies. If you want to add a little sparkle to the wings of your dry flies incorporate a few fibers of crystal flash or similar material and avoid getting caught purchasing a lot of over priced marketing hype. Just my idle thoughts Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginger Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] medallion sheeting question
> 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) > >
