James,

There are lots of good minnow imitations out here. You've been pointed to a lot of them.

But, you wanted an 'amazing' one....

What kind of minnow do you want to imitate?

Does 'amazing' mean that it's very lifelike in appearnce, easy to tie, or effective on the fish? All three?

You wanted to get away from 'rare' materials...you can tie thousands of different minnow patters with all synthetic materials.

I've got twenty or so different ones that I use for bass, trout, and pike that range from size 12 up to 5/0 and from 'lifelike' to gawdy riots of color that don't look like any real creature...they all catch fish.

Let us know, and you'll get some great responses....

Buddy