"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in

Is this a commercial name for plastic raffia?

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Cabela's has "Stalcup's Medallion Sheeting" and their description starts
"Mottled raffia makes ...." so I think you're on the right track G

I got the book last year but the CDC parachute is the only pattern in it
that I've actually fished. I have little faith in manmade winging
materials that come in sheets ( as opposed to fibers like yarn or organza
taken apart ) but I'll most likely buy some "medallion" and try it .... very
often a "new tie" of a certain style ( emerger, for instance ) will work on
hard fished waters even though the "standard tie" is as, or even more,
accurate .... I've seen fish chatting about, "TroutHunter fly shop must be
making a lot of money, I've seen, and ignored, 14 of their patterns, just
this morning" ... only to stop the chat to chomp on very similar pattern
with a "new material" and then exclaim while running into the weedbeds, "
damn fly shops, why can't they just leave well enough alone?"