From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] medallion sheeting question Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:45:35 -0500
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
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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