Shane Stalcup Medallion Sheeting

[Jeff Camomile]

I have been experimenting with winged emergers lately, so I purchased the sheeting online. I purchased the light dun material. I am very dispappointed with it. Sure it looks great (almost a perfect imitation), but the material is so fragile that I could not tie with it. Half the time the material rips in half when trying to tie it on. When I did succeed to tie in the material on the emerger pattern I was tying, I used it on the Green River recently and the sheeting fell off the fly in only a few casts (without hooking anything.)

Maybe some of you experienced fly tiers have had success with this material, but I give up on it. I even tried doubling up the wings, and that made the wings a bit more durable, but it was more trouble than I wanted.

There are other winging materials out there that I have used recently that are easier to tie with and are much more durable, although they may not look quite as good as Shane Stalcup's Medallion Sheeting. However, I have used others with a lot of success.

[utarcher]

I tye all my Mike's Duns with it. Love it. You're obviously mounting it wrong.

[chanceb]

I tye all my Mike's Duns with it. Love it. You're obviously mounting it wrong.
Maybe you could provide a hint as to mounting it correctly?

[Stoney Clarke]

I catch a large number of fish tied with it, I love it.

SC

[Jason]

I use it quite a bit and have never had a problem with it. I'm not sure what to tell you other than tie it on like any other material. I actually feel it's quite durable for the type of material it is. Please explain your problems in detail and maybe we can help.

[«°Ñøvã°»]

Tie it in a figure 8 pattern for spinners flymphs then add a drop of head cement with toothpick or needle at the junction of the 8 wrap. Tie in figure 8 then tie from beginning section (from the hook eye) and work back a few wraps maybe 3 or 4 while holding material together with thumb and forefinger to attain that wing back look add a drop of cement with toothpick or needle where you made the wraps . Doesnt have to look perfect the fish dont seem to care.

[utarcher]

Tie it to the hook shank with figue 8 wraps. A little trick is to hold it in your thumb and forefinger of both hands. And twist it. It makes a great tie in spot. Cement the wraps. Stand the wings up into position. Let dry as you mount the tail, and body. Before wrapping the hackle, trim wings to shape with sissors. Wrap hackle and whip finish. I tye a generic dun patern for all my Mayflies. Mike's Dun. And all have Medallion wings. Its durable, and very lifelike. Alls I do is change size, color, for the variuos Mayflies I encounter. Also works well for down wing patterns like Caddis, and Stones.
Hope that helps. I love the stuff

[Jeff Camomile]

Funny. It has been over 3 years since I originally posted this!

I have since used the material more, and yes, I was tying it incorrectly 3 years ago. However, I still find the stuff to be less durable than I would like. After catching only a few fish, it seems the stuff wrinkles and becomes distorted. It doesn't really matter to me, since I discovered that it didn't catch more fish for me anyway (usually this is the case: it's more about presentation than a perfect fly pattern). There is another wing material that I use now (forget its name) that is far more durable, both for tying and when catching fish. It is just as effective in catching fish, so I have permanently switched.

[jdubya]

Funny. It has been over 3 years since I originally posted this!

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