Rumpf

Rumpf inventories one of the largest selections of fly fishing related products in the U.S. They produce and import products covering the full range of both fly fishing and fly tying products.  Rumpf is perhaps best known for some of the finest fly tying materials including Slinky Flash, the Steve Farrar Flash Blend, and of course Angel Hair.


Steve Farrar Flash Blend is a premixed blend of Slinky Fibers and Angel Hair.  Either material on its own makes for a great tying material and the combination of the two creates blends that are greater than the sum of their parts.   SFFB tie in quick and you can blend different flash blends or use them individually.  For bait fish imitations (like the one below) I like to use either SFFB on the top or sandwiched between two different materials to change up the texture.


SFFB add a brilliant amount of flash to any pattern and the semi stiff fibers do a good job not fouling the hook and shedding water.  


Perhaps the best thing about SFFB materials are the colors they come in.  You can literally match exact bait fish colors right out of the package.  Their are even blends that incorporate contrasting red angel hair with dark fibers to imitate a wounded fish. 

In Sum: I have used a number of materials from Rumph and bar none Steve Farrar Flash Blends are my favorite with angel hair coming in second.  For tying large Pike flies SFFB's are quick and simple to use and really cut down on the time you will spend on a fly that will only last (at best) for a couple fish.

Disclosure- Rumph provided the featured products free of charge for me to review. I was not compensated in any other way for this blog post.