Tying some hairy caddis using squirrel body hair dubbing....
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psyuiwvobq.jpg
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Tying some hairy caddis using squirrel body hair dubbing....
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psyuiwvobq.jpg
Really nice and buggy suggesting movement, too. Nice tie, Byron.
Thanks Lastchance.
Tried a couple photos of the pattern on the water. Coloration varies due to lighting. Really floats like a cork!!!
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psxpb8oo7d.jpg
From below when on the water. The trailing shuck does "shimmer", I believe............
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psv8jg5doi.jpg
Byron,
Nice tie. How did you apply the squirrel dubbing? I mean, directly to the thread or dubbing loop or split thread or what?
Joe
Thanks Joe,
I applied the body via a dubbing loop. I have used dubbing loops for many years, but must admit that that method was used in a minority of my flies.
I, fairly recently, have gone more and more to the dubbing loop method. I don't think you can get a really spiky dub without using the loop method. I think the application of dubbing to the single strand of thread by "rolling" it on creates more of a matted body. Make sense?
Yes, but squirrel is so spiky it usually brushes out pretty well.
Joe
Joe, was going to mention that alternative. But, when you use a loop, you can control the length of the fibers by placing them in the loop either in the middle or to one side to adjust individual length.
Have you seen Kelly Galloup's video on dubbing loops? He explains the advantages better than I can.
In addition to the traditional dubbing loop, I have begun preparing pre-made loops using the old wooden block and card system.
Very good explanation of dubbing loop benefits:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KKgYNWCw_wc
Update: Just for fun, I left the fly on the water in my slant tank outside overnight. Today, it was still floating high............after nearly 24 hours being buffeted by the outdoor wind..........
Checked again today, 2 days later outside in the slant tank, still floating around.......
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1kfuzazf.jpg
Had to share this photo of the same caddis, floating more than 2 days later in my slant tank.
I took this photo of the fly from underneath the fly. Apparently, at the correct distance and angle which shows what a trout sees at a certain distance as it comes up to see/take the caddis floating by. It creates a "double vision".
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...pshvjpaybw.jpg