Dubbing???

[raiderhunter]

I'm curious if there is a particular dubbing that is better for dry flies??? I'm just starting to tye and I am getting some tying materials for Christmas and was going to order a dubbing assortment from Hook & Hackle but I am not sure what to get...Can someone help?

[fishwater]

raiderhunter

i am just experimenting with dry flies myself, here in TN we dont have a great hatch, but we do get a little. from what i have seen so far synthetic dubbing has worked well for me but im still learning if i find something beter i will let you know, please do the same.

fishwater

[Cold]

I started with Superfine, and still use it for many dries. Its a synthetic dry dubbing that is very easy to work with.

Natural dry dubbing includes muskrat, beaver, and others. I've found natural furs a bit more of a challenge to dub in the even, slim, tapers necessary for good dry flies, but it can still be done, it just takes a little more attention to detail.

[bugman]

SUPER FINE waterproof dry fly dubbing is what i use a lot unless im tying exact antique paterns... for just all around dry fly tying, the super fine is great as well as inexpensive... also great for tying really small dries where just a wisp of dubbing is required...

http://www.google.com/products?sourc...ed=0CCQQrQQwAw

[sagefisher]

raider,

As stated by others, if you are buying from Hook & Hackle then either of these would be great for dry fly dubbing:

SYNTHETIC DUBBING MATERIALS

(1) SUPER FINE DUBBING

This is a 1.2 denier, 1.5? staple synthetic material that is permanently waterproofed. It makes fantastic tight bodies on dries to size 28.

(2) FLY-RITE FINE POLY
Ready to use high floating dubbing material.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[chewydog]

As stated above: Super fine or similar. And if you lick your fingers you can get it really tight for small stuff.

[Normand]

if you dub the fibers parallel to the thread, you will also get a tight noodle of dubbing

if you cant see the thread through the dubbing you put on too much.

excellent info here

http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/i...ay&thread=4046

[Trout Bum]

AS everybody else said, superfine is great for drys. The adams color is great. The only bad thing about superfine that I find is it's hard to blend. There is a certain blend of sulphur that works great in the Catskill and I had trouble blending large batches.

Beaver is what I ended up with. It blends great and looks super. Keep that in mind when you start to blend your own colors.

TB

[redietz]

Looking at it the other way, you generally want to avoid rabbit in dries -- too spiky and it tends to get water logged in a hurry.

[skondolf]

I'll echo my vote for superfine too. Also I seemed to remember I read somewhere that if you're going to dub a dry fly with natural materials you want to try and stick to fur from an animal thats at home in the water i.e. beaver or muskrat as their fur naturally repels water.

Hey Troutbum - care to share your sulphur dubbing blend recipe? I don't get down to the Catskills all that often but I'd be interested in finding out the recipe.