Duster Minnow
Notes:
Are ya into Streamer flies or are ya a Dry Fly Purist?
I've been playing with a new material (new too me), it's a polyester plastic strip used in dust mops and in dish washing mops/gizmos. My good wife, Joy, brought it home from our local Dollar Store for me. I just had a flashback. Do you think she was hinting? And here I thought she brought it home for me to tye with. They're called "Static Duster," another is named "Mr. Magic" Duster (usual disclaimers), same material looks like. Lots of different colours and the best thing is; when wet the material is very translucent. The colour that's a light green looks deadly. A ringer for the spring time minnows I've found. The minnows are almost transparent and this stuff looks just like 'em when wet.
The motion of this "Duster stuff" is great in water, very similar to marabou but it has just a little sparkle an' flash to add life. I've used it for a season now on the local Athabasca Rainbows with at times stunning good luck. I won't completely replace my marabou with it but right now it's taking a back seat while I explore the possibilities. All synthetic materials in this fly and again please put it in a glass of water to see just how transparent it becomes.
I'm keen on this polyester material and the way it allows the sparkle of the body and beard to shine out "if I were a fish I'd eat it."