By 'sacred' means no substitutions allowed, which makes fly-tying pretty pagan.

Don't forget your wire brush- before or after you wrap.  

DonO
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Blake-Hedges 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: Rope dubbing a Tups Indsipensible- comparisons


        Hi DonO;

        What do you mean by "sacred"  are you reffering to the true "Tups" 
blend or what I'm using?

        It's amazing how many variations you see of this pattern, not only that 
it was tied as a dry fly, wet fly and as a nymph. I'm trying to tie a "Tups 
Flymph" type pattern and the dubbing blend I'm using gives me the result I 
desire.  One thing I have thought of that would allow me to better use the rope 
dubbing technique is, to keep the wool fibers longer than indicated in the 
recipie.

        Wayneb

        --- On Thu, 11/4/10, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote:


          From: Don Ordes <[email protected]>
          Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: Rope dubbing a Tups Indsipensible- comparisons
          To: [email protected]
          Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010, 3:57 PM



          Wayne, here is one I pulled from the internet ^

          Here's yours V

          How 'sacred' is the dubbing blend- material and color?

          DonO

            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Wayne Blake-Hedges 
            To: virtual flybox 
            Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:46 PM
            Subject: [VFB] RE: Rope dubbing a Tups Indsipensible


                  Hi Dono;

                  Here's a photo I have of some earlier attempts:  
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii179/Waynebh/IMGP0015.jpg

                  The fly is composed of Gutermans sewing silk abdomen, with a 
home made wool dubbing from the following reciepie:  To prepare the dubbing, 
cut off approximately 25 inches of natural-shade (#098) "Fisherman's Wool". 
This is available from Lion Brand Yarn Company (http://www.LionBrand.com). 
Next, cut off 3 inches of True Red (#114) yarn, also available from Lion Brand. 
The dull orange (needle felting) wool comes from Felt Works Dimensions and is 
available from many craft stores. Take the lengths of Fisherman's Wool and red 
yarn and cut into half-inch pieces. First blend the Fisherman's Wool, then the 
red wool, then combine the two and mix again in a blender. Once these are 
blended, tease out approximately 1 inch of cheddar-shade needle felting wool 
and cut into quarter-inch pieces. Blend with the previous two. This results in 
a creamy pink dubbing with just a hint of dull orange scattered faintly 
throughout the wad."

                  I know you can touch dub using a rope dub method, it was just 
not working for me.

                  Wayneb 


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