On Mar 30, 2:43 am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Mar 29, 5:54 pm, Mike wrote:



On Mar 30, 12:39 am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:

Anyway, I have everything except the mylar sheet and, I guess, hooks
if I need to go a little larger. In terms of making some plain
colored, silver, would a mylar balloon work? I also picked up a
product called sparkle glaze to experiment with. They had some
interesting top glosses at Hobby Lobby, like pearlescent and stuff.
The sparkle glaze claims: Adds a clear iridescent sparkle. Also, not
sure if it was the right choice but, when I got the Sally Hansen's
hard-as-nails, I got the arcylic+nylon. Am guessing what I'll need in
the way of plastic for the thick layer assuming fairly stiff but
extremely thin, clear, sheet protectors.

Best regards,

Tim

You can get the mylar tape and a lot of other similar stuff at more or
less any automobile accessory store ( "go -faster stripes" ! )

The mylar balloon material is too thin, and wont hold its shape.

You can use ordinary epoxy to coat the flies.

TL
MC

The thought on the thin mylar was that, when attached to the clear
plastic sheet it really serves only to provide the color and
underlying shades/patterns to the fly, that the plastic sheet is what
holds its shape.

Made me wonder about just cutting the shape out of a red plastic
picnic plate and epoxying over that for red ones at least (because I
have some red ones in the pantry).

Halfordian Golfer

Actually, practically anything that will hold its shape, even thin
card, will work, as the epoxy will protect it quite well. You just
have to make sure you cover it well.

The only other problem with some of the very thin material is getting
it to stick to anything properly. Some plastics wont work very well
either, the epoxy doesn´t stick to them very well.

I cut some plastic shapes from washing-up-liquid bottles which worked
quite well, but some others I tried didn´t. You have to try them
before you commit to dressing any flies with them.

TL
MC