Not sure if you'll see this on an old video but I've been tying these and tying in either one or two soft hackle feathers (depending on the shank size) to the front of the sections and it makes such a nice little fly. I love it because it has the crazy movement of a feather GC, but I can add whatever color I want with the dubbing.
Great looking fly m8!! I have saved a lot of money by using cheap "jewlery pins" and make tail shanks with them. It is just "cut to length" and bend. You get 50-100 for like 1-2$.
great tie. I make my own shanks and the smallest I can make them is 10 mm so mine won't have as much movement as yours but it still looks great in the water. also, I made a dubbing brush table from scratch off youtube. thanks.PS_ I noticed you did'nt clear your hook eye of glue .Just a pointer for your viewers.Running it under hot tap water or dipping it into a glass of near boiling water will fix the fibres in place.
Very ingenious. Not something I have materials for, but fun to watch. Just one thing, if I were going to all that trouble I would want it super-secure! I’d want those sections all whipped. Imagine one of them unwinding after a bit of fishing! (I know you’ll tell me it never happens.) Serious question - Why wind the dubbing brush towards you? It seems harder to secure well that way. There must be a reason.
Glad you enjoyed it! You’re right, I’m going to tell you you don’t need to whip finish it. I don’t whip finish a lot of my flies, with that superglue on there it never comes off. Regarding wrapping materials, no rhyme or reason, just habit. 🙂
You can do it one of two ways... First use your dubbing brush table. Second use a tool like a dubbing spinner for each section. Both are easy but the first way drives more consistency between sections.
Hi Mark! Yes I have and love the blends! They would work great too!! Really any dubbing multi colored with appropriate length will work. Try it out and let me know what you think!
I noticed that if I leave the laser dub a bit too long it will foul. And that’s w/o a trailing hook! I am thinking of using a bit stiffer, shorter leader. Do you have any anti-foul tips. I am using a Skagit setup. Thanks!!!
Yes fouling happens and there are a few things you can try to minimize it. Here’s when I’ve seen it; 1) when a fish bangs the tail, it’ll wrap then (really nothing you can do about that) 2) when I cast to jerky and my stroke is not smooth (slow down your casting stroke and lengthen your tippit by a couple feet) 3) not moving the fly quick enough downstream for example if you cast upstream, and you pause, giving the tail a chance to wrap (just change the angle of your cast that your fly is always under tension going downstream. Hope that helps!
