Single strands can be used as ribbing on nymphs and wet flies. Possibly the most innovative use is in some of the popular dry fly patterns. It's like having a built-in strike indicator. Add some to the wings in your bonefish flies and mix with the bucktail in your streamers. A Clouser Minnow, using only Kreinik's Flash as the body material, is a very effective fly for stripers and bluefish.
Smaller versions are great for bass and pike.
Many of the colors used for fly tying materials have been given a fly tying surname to make them standout as colors to try. The names in parentheses next to the fly tying names are the names of these colors that you will find listed in our color reference chart along with the same color number . Silver Hi Lustre . 002HL Gold Hi Lustre . Red HI Lustre .