thats what happens when your too busy designing sales freindly fly patterns instead of fishing them.
john "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rodney, >I have not used that material, but I have another question regarding it. Did >you have problems with the fly spinning in flight and twisting your leader, >with the wings acting as blades? > >DonO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rodney Barilleaux > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Non-Feather Wing Material > > > Ed, > Just got home from a VERY long 48 hour shift on the ambulance and am going > through the 100+ emails here but wanted to respond to this one in particular > because I'd like to see if anyone else is having the same problem I've been > having with "Hairline Dubbin, Inc.'s Medallion Sheeting" used as winging > material... I've noticed that in Shane Stallcup's book "Mayflys - Top to > Bottom", that's all he uses... I like using it, to an extent, because it's > very easy to cut, tye on and form into a wing... Unfortunately my problem is > this: after an extended period of time in the water the color of the > "Medallion Sheeting" dissipates and you're left with an off-white to clear > wing... In other words, it doesn't keep it's color... Has anyone else had > this problem?????? > > Rodney... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Roden > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:42 AM > Subject: [VFB] Non-Feather Wing Material > > > So that Imagine knows we do talk Fly-Fishing... > > OK - if you want to create wings without using feathers, what is your > favorite material? Is there a brand-name, or something else that you like > (like Ridderbos uses the foam from the new VCR he bought). > > What have you found to have the best resiliency in the water? > > What does Byard stock (more importantly, what does Byard stock AND use)? > > -- > Ed Roden > flyfished at gmail dot com > - OR - > flyfished at questquality dot com >
