Due to the density of the hair fibers American opossum does not hold a great amount of water making it a lot easier to cast in larger sizes, and the leather which by nature is super thin but strong making this the preferred choice for modern zonker style of flies. It has shiny coverfibres with black tips, which give your fly a realistic swimming pattern and movement. The skin comes in pieces measuring min. 6X9cm cm. which again lets you cut and trim your own skin-strip