Above: A Steve Thornton spinner.
TCFF | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 | 65“SYNTHETIC WING
MATERIALS ARE NO LONGER
FROWNED UPON. NOWADAYS
THEY APPEAL TO CREATIVE
FLY-TYERS ANXIOUS TO
EXPERIMENT WITH NEW
PATTERNS, AND THE RANGE
OF FLEXIBLE WING SHEETING
HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER.”