Doing some eggi jaun kenobi flies, want the egg to be the front end of a san Jaun worm on the back. The egg size I'm hoping for is about 1/4 inch total diameter, with the pink center and Oregon cheese on the outsides with a bit of pink peeking out. Mine look like flat tops. Do you add the irredescence as you dub or at the final few wraps? If you're doing it by tying in the glo bug yarn, would you use 3 or four pieces of yarn, smaller of course to fit the size of the fly. These are size 10 1120 Diiachi hooks. Help is appreciated. I've watch jean pettijean use a dubbing spinner technique for other flies and wonder does this work for egg patterns as well. I've no problem tying big Fat Alberts for AK. Help is appreciated. Joyce
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > Joyce, > Do you have a preferred size or size range in mind? > Do you have a pattern/look that you want to acheive? > Do you want a yolk? Tied in or markered? > Do you want irridescence? > > I tie a lot of eggs with a lot of materials. I've tied a lot of 'carpet > flies'- giant eggs the size of a golf-ball for Alaskan fishers, who swear by > it. McFlyfoam egg-yarn works great for these. > > I also rope-dub ice-dub, overwrap to a ball, tie off, brush out, and trim > round. Makes for a UV flash egg, any size, any color. Takes practice to > get the wraps right to make a round ball- kinda like a compressed scud. > "What makes the difference is whether you fasten the thread down so it > cannot turn, and then spin to dub it, or whether you start the dubbing on > the thread, pick the bobbin thread out of the holder and just let the > bobbin and thread rotate in your hand. If you do the latter, it is a "rope > dub" and you can slide the dubbing up and down at will ..." Joyce- I need > to sit and watch you do this. SowBug? > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Joyce M Westphal <joyce...@gmail.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, November 04, 2010 12:12 PM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Rope dubbing peacock- vs other techniques- NorVise > questions > > What makes the difference is whether you fasten the thread down so it > cannot turn, and then spin to dub it, or whether you start the dubbing on > the thread, pick the bobbin thread out of the holder and just let the > bobbin and thread rotate in your hand. If you do the latter, it is a "rope > dub" and you can slide the dubbing up and down at will . I often slide the > dubbing up to be fatter as I get to the thorax part of the fly but you have > to give a few extra spins sometimes if you forget to spin, turn, dub in a > counter clockwise position, which I frequently do. I dont have the dubbing > skill that Larry does, so I most usually just push the dubbing up the thread > to be fatter. Need to improve my techniques. > Now, a different question. I HATE tying anything with glo bugs yet need > to do a bunch for a eggi jaun fly..I've looked at all the Youtube videos > showing how to tie that fly as well as glo bug flies, and theirs turn out > great. Mine look like buzz cut blobs of egg yarn. Has anyone done a split > thread dubbing for a glo bug and have it come out looking great? Are there > any tricks I should know? One tyer says, cut the yarn straight across. the > other says to cut on a curve. I"m open to suggestions by those who are more > in the know than I am. > > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
