Dubbing

Hare flax or Hare fur dubbing from the back of a wild hare. Not the mask.

This is an extremely useful fur and lot’s of parts to be harvested to create different shades.

A generic nymph for all round use, anytime, anywhere. Over the years this little nymph has worked wonders for me.

Here we will be tying the fly Kobberbassen originally from Denmark but has spread around a lot the last years and become a very successful pattern for seatrout mostly.

A short video where Davie McPhail shows how to blend your own dubbing from scraps using a coffee grinder.

Probably one of the best flies out there ... Even though this fly looks very small and not very shiny and lifelike, it’s a good fly.

Ways of mixing various materials into your own custom dubbing.

Materials List:
Sprite Dry Bronze #14
Semperfli Waxed Thread 12/0
Ephemera Pure Silk Thread
Muskrat Dubbing
Hen Rooster Cape

Copper Bully - "Keep It Simple" are the keywords behind this easy-to-tie pattern.

Today we are doing a bit of shameless self-promotion. In short we tell you the full story about our development and in-house production of Woolly Sparkle Dub and Natural Sculpin Wool.

As promised here's the video of how to prepare your own Orkney peach dubbing.

This is another very important tutorial, illustrating how the same dubbing can be used in three different techniques for three very different results.

Click the link below here you will find the full materiel list:

Hook # 10 Grub
Thread Light Olive
Thin Skin for Shell Back
Dubbing Light Olive
Rib FlashaBou Tinsel

Wayne Luallen shows how to get the proper body taper on a Compara Dun dry fly.

Wayne Luallen explains why natural fur dubs better than synthetics and how a blend might be a solution to getting some sparkle into your dubbing.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to finish a fly with a furry head by whip finishing with dubbing on the thread.

The Barr Emerger is high on my list of favorite flies. A simple concoction of feathers and dubbing, this simple pattern is an all around great fly.

Wayne Luallen shows an easy way of loosening a matted clump of dubbing.

Wayne Luallen covers various ways of keeping your fingers suitably damp for applying dubbing.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates a dubbing technique where you feed dubbing from your fingers onto the thread as you are winding it on.

Wayne Luallen shows how to apply dubbing by simply touching the dubbing to a lightly waxed thread.

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 14
Tying Wire, UTC X small Copper Wire
Tail and Thorax, Pheasant Tail Fibres
Rib, Copper Wire