Not confident your streamers are zippy enough when you strip line past those skeptical fish? Think your Flash Back Nymphs need some help? This flashy synthetic is a tried and true standard at many fly tyers’ benches. Constructed of twisted Mylar, it will add just the right pearly sheen and color to all your streamers, saltwater patterns, and flash back nymphs. Spirit River Crystal Splash has improved rigidity and brightness and is available in a range of assorted colors. You’ll grin with pride when line is buzzing from your reel deep into the current take after take.
Summary
Spirit River’s Crystal Splash is a pearlescent flash material for fly tying. This excellent synthetic is tried and true and will add excellent sheen to streamers, saltwater patterns, and flash back nymphs. It’s available in 6-inch long doubled hanks of twisted Mylar and is available in a wide array of colors for a host of applications. Often in fly tying, brightness equals greatness.
Details
- A tried and true flashy synthetic
- Add pearlescent color and sheen to any streamer, saltwater pattern, or flash back nymph
- Improved rigidity and brightness
- Available in 6-inch long doubled hanks of twisted Mylar
- Colors: silver, sea foam green, red, root beer, purple, pearl, peacock, olive, lemon yellow, hot orange, golden stone, gold, pink, fluorescent chartreuse, smolt blue, and black
Common patterns
- Keith’s Yak Bunker Fly
- Micro Mayfly
Leland on Crystal Splash
The artful incorporation of flashy material is extremely important when tying artificial flies. Fish are often keenly aware of glittery, flashy objects and this is no secret to fly anglers and fly tyers. This doesn’t mean, however, that tossing a bound wad of shredded tinfoil into your favorite pool or into the skinny water of that picturesque saltwater flat will turn up the results you’re after! Spirit River’s Crystal Splash is easy to manipulate and will add just enough subtle flash and pearly sheen to your flies to have those wily fish lining up for your offering. Tie in some of this excellent material and get ready to hear your reel scream!
Leland on Flash Material
This material is designed for times when tyers want to “kick it up a notch.” It is available in many colors and reflective grades. Tying some flashabou or other Mylar reflective material to a fly will increase its attractive quality and draw the interest of more fish, especially in low light situations and darker, deeper, murkier water. It is more common to find flash and reflective material in streamer patterns and nymph recipes, but it can also be a useful highlight to the wings of a dry fly, especially in the extra-fine diameters.
Leland on Spirit River
Since 1990, Spirit River, Inc. has been providing quality, service, and innovation to the fly tying industry. Continually offering creative new products of the highest quality and application, Spirit River, Inc. pushes the envelope in fly tying each and every season. Flies tied with Spirit River’s unique materials turn up extremely productive results cast after cast and the superb quality of Spirit River’s entire line of fly tying materials will help any fly tyer confidently create or execute any type of artificial fly pattern on the planet. For simply the very best in both classic and modern fly tying materials, choose Spirit River, Inc.
Spirit River on Crystal Splash
“Our line of spiral twisted Mylar is the classic material with endless applications. Absolutely mandatory for many patterns. Improved with greater rigidity and more flash. All colors have pearlescent undertones.”
Spirit River on Spirit River
“Since our birth in 1990, Spirit River, Inc has been striving to fulfill the needs of fly anglers and tyers alike. We work hard to provide high quality, exciting and innovative materials along with premium quality industry standard products. We want to make a difference.
It is our ultimate goal to supply the world with fly tying materials that stimulate your imagination and stir your fly fishing soul. It is this goal that has made Sprit River lead the way in new product ideas and produce ground-breaking products that have set us apart and made us a true leader in the fly tying industry.”