Wayne,
You forgot the other ingredient in the Tup's dubbing - the ground
hen's teeth. That's what makes it shiny.
a.
Hi DonO;
True Tups dubbing is made from the wool on a ram's testicles. It
was urine stained and also pink stained from red dye placed on the
ewe's nether regions. When a Ram performed his "duty", he would get
some red dye mixed with the urine stained wool around his testicles
producing a pinkish, translucent wool.
The dubbing blend I'm using provides the closest substutue many have
found to date.
I'll have to try rope dubbing and then brushing and see if I can
obtain similar results to what I'm getting now.
Wayneb
--- On Fri, 11/5/10, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Don Ordes <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: Rope dubbing a Tups Indsipensible- comparisons
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 1:17 PM
By 'sacred' means no substitutions allowed, which makes fly-tying
pretty pagan.
Don't forget your wire brush- before or after you wrap.
DonO
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From:
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Blake-Hedges
To:
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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
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From:
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Blake-Hedges
To:
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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>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/>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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