Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
Skip,
Rabbit dubbing can be used for any fly: dry, wet, nymph, emerger, streamer, etc. You can even make zonkers from rabbit strips. The determining factor about the dubbing's 'spikiness' depends on whether you leave the guard hairs in or pull them out of the fur as you cut bunches off of the hide.
Anyway, good luck and have fun deciding what you need to use.
Deezel
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
My two cents worth - I have bought tons of dubbing, thinking I would need it. Fact is, I use superfine for dries and mix my own hares mask.
Everything else I own is a waste of space really, I hardly use it.
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
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Originally Posted by DShock
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Two words..... road kill
dudley "The Helpful." At least you could have warned him NOT to pick up a dead skunk! (In the middle of the Road) :lol:
Doug
Doug....you know that's how I got my skunk....Sometimes people have to learn these things for themselves 8)
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
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Originally Posted by Gringo
My two cents worth - I have bought tons of dubbing, thinking I would need it. Fact is, I use superfine for dries and mix my own hares mask.
Everything else I own is a waste of space really, I hardly use it.
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Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
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Originally Posted by Gringo
My two cents worth - I have bought tons of dubbing, thinking I would need it. Fact is, I use superfine for dries and mix my own hares mask.
Everything else I own is a waste of space really, I hardly use it.
Gringo,
This is very good advice, but it ruins the FUN of buying more & more stuff at the Fly Shop or online! :lol:
Doug :D
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
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Originally Posted by dudley
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Originally Posted by DShock
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Originally Posted by dudley
Two words..... road kill
dudley "The Helpful." At least you could have warned him NOT to pick up a dead skunk! (In the middle of the Road) :lol:
Doug
Doug....you know that's how I got my skunk....Sometimes people have to learn these things for themselves 8)
"TOUGH LOVE??" :lol:
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
Skip;
Go to a dog park and set up a dog brushing stand. Get a different ziplock bag for each dog. (Some dogs have multiple colors of 'dubbing' nad require more than one bag.) There are lots of different colors and textures and 'blends' to be had.
One of my favorite dubbing blends is the gray,black,tan blend from the haunches of my old rotty/german shepherd mix. Man I miss her. She was a good dog, and for more than just dubbing. :D
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
Skip,
In the old days, I used a mix of rabbit dubbing & whatever coarse buggy dubbing I wanted to use, hare's mask, beaver, otter......Take portions of each and put them in a coffee grinder, twist cap to turn on grinder
and there you go, custom dubbing!! This is something you can do if you want to, but there is a great selection of dubbing for sale now. It might be interesting to grind the new dubbing colors though.
I wouldn't worry to much about about having a lot of different colors as far as dries and nymphs, but if you tie steelhead or salmon flies, the bright colors are interesting.
Doug
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
Doug - you are quite correct.
I have fine, superfine, floating, sinking, rough, spikey, bright or dull and every combination therein. I have every known dubbing made by man or beast, and will still fall into the trap again the next time a new dubbing comes out. My containers overflow, my drawers are full. No dog or cat comes near me uninspected. My sheep, horses, cows, guinea pigs and rabbits all contribute reluctantly. I still check hair brushes. I stop the car beside flattened animals, I peel fluff off carpet in hotel dining rooms and pick at display clothes in shops.
Still, I pretty much only use SLF superfine or hares mask.
And I can guarantee that the next pattern I decide to tie, I won't have the right dubbing. Now, as for feathers....
Re: Looking for a little help with dubbing needs
I have thought about my dongs, LOL! I have a couple of cockers and one has very thick hair and he's black and white. The other is black/whits and a few brown spots, but his hair is thinner.
Feathers? I have a ton of them and still buy some with every order from hareline.
Thanks for all the tips and recommendations.
Skip