mole skin

I just finished tanning a mole skin. The fur is dense soft luxurious olive/grey/silver without any guard hairs.
Should be great dubbing material. Any other suggestions or patterns would be welcome.

tom

Tom,

Superb material for touch dubbing technique, and any small size flies which call for a grey dubbing.

Cheers,
Hans W


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Blue Dun Hackle
Iron Blue Wingless
Iron Blue Nymph
You can use a dubbing loop,really nice for small dark nymphs,wets,and soft hackles.
Take Care, Jim

Hans,

What is touch dubbing?

tom

Tom,

Coat a seation of thread with a _thin_ film of tacky wax. Take a small clump of short staple dubbing, such as mole, and dust/brush a 'mist'of dubbing onto the thread. Wrap a body. Do not mat any of the dubbing, either before or after the wrapping. What you are after is a translucent halo-like result.

Cheers,
Hans W


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I've used it to cover the thread on a bead head between the hackle and the bead. Takes only a tiny tiny amount but it really cleans up the head of the fly.

It could also be used for an optional thorax on midges like the one at:

[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/071700fotw.html:cbd25]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/071700fotw.html[/url:cbd25]

Thanks for all the info.
It might tax my tying skills but I will give it a try.

Here is an illustration of the result of touch dubbing. It shows well because I used finely chopped Green Highlander SLF, the primrose tying silk shows through in contrast to the dubbing.

http://pic6.picturetrail.com/VOL170/...5/72001640.jpg

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[This message has been edited by Donald Nicolson (edited 28 April 2005).]