quill vs. dub bodies

[RG/AR]

I use whatever is handy that I like the looks of.

[texfly]

Traditional patterns are fun but somtimes it just seems to be best to use what looks right in your own eye to whats on the stream. Me personally Im a big fan of the quill body. Just my 2 cents

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Trout,

http://ukflydressing.proboards47.com...ay&thread=3060

That's for a lovely wet fly with several color combos.

http://ukflydressing.proboards47.com...ay&thread=3059

This is a wonderful slip winged dry fly. Both are excellent flies.

To get the quills used, take a piece of peacock herl (get it from close to the eye if you can, if not use what you have). Place it on a smooth hard surface use a pencil eraser to erase the green flue from the quill working from close to the tip to the butt. Some people can use their fingernails to strip the flue, my nails aren't that good.

[Buddy Sanders]

I don't use either for my 'mayfly' dry fly bodies.

I use thread. Sewing thread that I've soaked in a waterproofing liquid. It comes is EVERY possible color (I use only four or five-two at a time for the segmentation). It's inexpensive.

Fast, looks right (mayfly bodies are slim and tapered with obvious segmentation-thread does this easily), and floats well.

You don't need anything else to catch the same fish...but playing with quills or biots is fun...dubbing is NOT an ideal material for a dry fly body if you are trying to imitate a mayfly...that it works at all tells us quite a bit about how much the fish 'care' about accurate imitations...

Buddy

[Bamboozle]

I like the way quill bodies look but I'm too lazy to make them in bulk.