Curious:

[rookie]

I was just wondering if anyone saves the under fur when combing out hair and what patterns do you primarly tie with it?

[Normand]

Sure some people do. Use it for dubbing on nymphs etc.

[EdD]

http://www.cumberlandtu.org/newsreel/flyofthemonth.php

This is a link to the September Fly of the Month for the Cumberland Chapter of TU. (Navigate to September when they change it.) It should answer your question.

I save all sorts of things left over. They often end up getting used in one-off flies. Then of course, you get the frustration of realizing that the fly that you just lost was such a one-off example, you have no more of them, you don't remember how you tied it, and it was the best fly of the day.

Allow me to commend to your attention the maribou at the base of a turkey quill for streamers and swimming tails.

Ed

[rookie]

Thanks guys for the responses.

Ed, I have often wondered about the maribou as well, just never asked the question. Thanks for the info and the site.

[dsaavedra]

i use the underfur from my deer hair. i save it in a little bag that some hooks came in. it works great on nymphs cuz it gives you that dark but not too dark brown color. as Ed said, the fluff from the bottom of virtually any feather makes great marabou, and you can actually use IT for dubbing too.

[MontanaMoose]

I use the barbule from the hackling feather for a post when tying parachutes.

Cheers and Happy Holiday,

MontanaMoose

[the rod tosser]

if you think it servs a purpose then its worth saving

people have used dryer lint for dubbing
just open your mind to the endless posabilities

dryer sheet wings coat with varnish or finger nail polish .color them with permanent markers .

chewing gum foil use for boddies and ribbing cut and fold to desird width wrap

old fly line extended bodies ,bodies ribbing

just ask the quistion could i use this to tye a fly with
and soon the wife will be hiding stuff from you .

I sugest you don't use here pearls for a substatue
for beads althogh they will work.

[Gandolf]

Hi Rod Tosser,

I save the underfur from wooodchuck. It is the dubbing listed for the woodchuck caddis pattern. It is fairly coarse stuff, but makes a nice body with varigated color. I have never used it for anything else, but think it would make good dubbing for a nymph similar to the GRHE.

Regards,

Gandolf

[EdD]

Warning signs for the illness include doing loads of laundry based on color and fabric so that you have the right sort of dryer lint for dubbing and mentally grading the pelts of road-kill you drive past. (I don't actually collect it, I just grade it.) Personally, I knew I had a problem when I found myself wondering if the neighborhood hummingbirds could be trained to molt where I could recover the feathers. (I wish that I was kidding. )