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Albannach cuileag · #1 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 10:42 AM

WTF?

Fish Skin Flash Back Pheasant Tailed Nymph!

You find some really strange things in my local Angling Emporium and yesterday was no exception. I was looking for Nymph Skin but it was not stocked, Latex yes, but Nymph Skin no.

"What about using Fish Skin?"
"What?"
"We have fish skins in the coarse section"
"Lemme see them!"

Sure enough there was a peg full of prepared fish skins and one in particular caught my eye with it's MOP iridescence and at 1.85, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

So a Sawyer's PTN variant with Fish Skin and Peacock Herl is the result.

Yeah, the body needs more taper and you cannot see the effect of the fish skin, I know, but it gives that required flash back effect in natural light.

Looking at the skin, it is a cross between an oil slick and mother of pearl and I am sure that it will find it's way into a few more patterns before the season gets going!

View of F.S.F.B. on a size 12 Kamasan B830

Scratch · #2 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 10:45 AM

How does it 'handle' Roddy?... looks a bit crispy

Albannach cuileag · #3 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 10:57 AM

Rob,

it is quite tough, I used the kitchen scissors to cut it as they have a gripper edged blade. It is tougher than mylar and can be cut into quite thin strips for ribbing etc. There is a shiny side and a dull side to them.

Ideal for anybody wanting to go 'green' with their fly tying!

When I am in town next I'll bung you one in the post to try out.

wayne · #4 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 11:14 AM

The fish skin has been about for quite a while now, treat it as you would raffia is my advice, plenty of gob.

andypandy · #5 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 11:15 AM

Seems hard to handle.....but i reckon it would look good under the water to those fish...

andy

Stuart_B · #6 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 01:50 PM

For a while Salmon Skin was used in making some items of clothing and was said to be quite strong when dried . Someone recently suggested using mackerel skin ,presumably dried off before the fish got cooked ..lol

Scratch · #7 (**permalink**) 15-01-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by molley

For a while Salmon Skin was used in making some items of clothing and was said to be quite strong when dried . Someone recently suggested using mackerel skin...

A Mackerel skin jacket! How cool would that be ?

... Now, that would be something I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for