After I tie a number of EHC, CDC & Elk, Stimulators, Comparaduns, etc., I will have a considerable amount of the underfur left over that I have cleaned out of the hair. How many of you use this as dubbing? What are the qualities of this fur? I wouldn’t think it would be waterproof, but I don’t know. I like the colors of it and don’t want to be throwing away something that I could be using (however, I always have thrown it away). I never see any patterns calling for it.
Thanks,
Joe
Think wool.
Thinking… not seeing what you’re getting at? 
If it’s not waterproof, think nymph dubbing perhaps?
Great!!! I’ve never thought about saving it from deer hair, now I’ll end up keeping a container of THAT too. Thank, thanks alot Joe!
If your deer hide was washed, scraped and dried and not tanned the under fur will have a very light coating of an oil that is secreted by the deer to make the hair shed water. This oil is one of the things that make clean deer hair from a properly prepared hide work so well on flies as opposed to hair off a hide that has been tanned or only scraped without washing.
Use it anywhere you would use wool.
fishbum
I’ve looked at it a few times, and thought it would be good used as touch dubbing in a soft hackle wet fly. Never saved it to try, tho.
Kirk
Sorry to change the topic slightly, but has anyone ever used the under fur of a snow shoe rabbit foot?
When tying wings on emergers, dry flies (the Usual) I comb out the fine under fur before tying on the wings.I save it in a container for later use
It’s a very fine translucent fur which can be used for bodies for almost any type of dry flies,nymphs, etc.
Yep the snowshoe underfur works great, but I save the all of it wondering if the guys with dubbing brush’s have tried the underfur for making brush’s???
Fatman