I really appreciate this tip as dubbing and wing material is expensive . This is the best tutorial I have seen lately and it will save me tons of money . Thanks again
David i was a dog groomer for 32 years-retired now-been into flytying -yes i have a dog brush around-they were called slickers at the time possible still are-find it so unique i now have another use for them--also i made myself a dubbing brush machine out of an old fan motor-also uses my dog brush--Great video--can use that material on my dubbing brush machine--also last night saw a video where they used dog clippers to shave a hares mask--guess i was meant to tie flies in later years--and yes i have the curved scissors to trim toad heads from another video
Always forget to tell you, that green barred and blue barred baitfish pattern you tied up are Sexy as hell man . Please post up a tutorial brother as I have got to have them . Dam those are Bad Ass and the most beautiful baitfish streamers I have seen .
I picked up an assortment of carpet samples over the years (free). I trim some of the material from the carpet and toss them in a coffee bean grinder and Poof! in a couple of seconds ... instant dubbing. You can mix and match colors/materials.
New to fly tying and I make a lot of streamers. This just pretty much saves my bank account thank you so much. Crafts fur here is and 4 bucks for a little square and white especially I go through like crazy and it adds up quick. So if I can start using yarn this will be amazing
I love this idea and it will save me a lot of money plus you can also make your own form of laser dubbing as well they make that type of yarn with a form of flash fibers in it that would cat the same way as laser dubbing it is used for making baby blankets that people crochet for babies and you can get it in variegated colors as well it mite be a little thinner in diameter but it should work as well it is just a little lighter in the colors , and if you need a darker form of dubbing they have the camouflage yarn that can be used to make like a darker form of dubbing and wing to. Thank you for the idea and the day brush can be gotten at the dollar store and in some even some of the yarn. Again thank you very much and please keep up the good work.
Hi David, great tutorial, even better are the "bugs"! That pink with the red head had an inner glow when the sun light hit it on your desk. I've been admiring this popular dubbed head streamer style for a while. I've fooled around with combed out glow bug yarn along time ago for wings when Clouser came out with his minnow and for dubbing on humpy and nymph bodies. This technique gives you both materials. I forget what that multiple colored sections of yarn is called (ombre maybe?) but if you left a short section of the next color instead of cutting it at the separation, then matched them up, you may come up with a tip dyed version. But the way you layered colors when building the fly has a similar effect. After this I watched a pro Crafter on RU-vid, Yvonne Williams, make "yarn hair" on a project for a costume. The technique was the same but she used a hair straightener iron to slim it down and it became very shiny, looked like Polarfibre or Pseudo Hair/Marabou. This stuff is amazing, thought I'd give back to you. Thanks.
I sawe a guy on YT using a coffee grinder to make dubbing. just cut yarn into small pieces and grind in coffee grinder. he said if you want lighting dubbing to add some flash at the end of the grind.
Thanks David! Have the brush, will pick up some acrylic yarn to try this. I have been using "Roving Wool" that is used for "Felting" (making figurines out of packed wool) for some of my wool-head flies. Got an earth-tone pack (black, white, tans, greens etc.) from Michaels Craft store for about $10. The had all kinds of colors. You might want to check it out.
I love the idea. Thanks for sharing. To add the flash like laser dub, there is a product called "Angelina Fibers" that is identical to the flash material used in laser dub. I buy mine off Amazon in variety packs of 14 different colors for about $20.
@romeobeorchia2268 - (if you ever see this comment again): i checked amazon for angelina fibers and was overwhelmed with options! what did you go with? i see Angelina fibers that heat bond to things - that seems weird, but all good if that's what we want.
Great idea- but David- you need to get a self cleaning slicker brush. Instead of having to pick it out, you just hit a buttom. Look them up! I turned a lot of tyers onto them.
Gianluca Temporin I personally have only used acrylic yarn to do this. I have watched some other people use wool based yarn and say it works really well. I've just never tried using it. Hope that helps
I'm going to buy acrylic material in the week then I'II let you know. You are fortunate you have the salmon and the big pike, here in Italy little compared to. Thank You
Hey David I found a great yarn for you to find I get about ten bags of dubbing with a Few mixed inbetwen check out the landscape yarn in tropical I found that 6" is the best length to cut it thanks for the the idea's I have huge bag of black and white
is acrylic yarn better than wool? I find wool sucks to much water, how is the acrylic yarn? does it suck up less water? great video Byetheway, learn allot, just if I can get a suggestion between acrylic yarn or wool would be great or if you have a better yarn you can suggest would be great.
Ive only used the acrylic yarn so far. I have seen other people use a wool based yarn in other videos and they say that it works really well. The acrylic yarn is still going to hold water just like wool, but it shouldn't hold as much as wool.
Check out The Mistress tying video on my channel. Its the same pattern as the blue/white and the fire tiger colored streamers. The others might be featured in a future video
Not a good idea on the regular thread as a general rule. It is not strong enough for most applications relative to bulk or build up of thread on the fly.
