Mel How about incorporating a few fibers of the Angel Hair material in a darker baitfish color into the wings before gluing them together? Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Hocken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:45 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] medallion sheeting question
> 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) > > > > > >
