Wayne / Robert,
Good point, Wayne. I made-up a batch of dubbing
the other day using about 90% poly yarn and about
10% flash using a coffee grinder. I could not
get it too stick to any thread, so I gave-up and
ordered some dubbing from Great Feathers.
I think Wayne turned the light bulb on for me
(thanks Wayne). I cut the poly as short as I
could - about 1.8" or shorter. I think I'll go
back and add some longer poly fibers to it and re-spin.
Cheers,
<mailto:%2f%[email protected]>Bob<mailto:%2f%[email protected]> Hendry
Southern Maryland
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At 13:39 2/28/2012, you wrote:
Hi Robert;
How long were the fibers you used? How did you mix the blend?
Homemade dubbing sometimes involves a lot of
experimentation to get the desired results. A
couple of things I learned were the length of
the fibers you use have a great influence on how
your dubbing blend will behave also, start with
one portion of your blend, get it to length and
spun/blended depending on your method. Then do
the same with each individual material then,
blend them together. For dubbing you plan to
spin around a thread, 3/8" to 1/2" fiber length
is a good start. Longer threads are harder to
spin around your tying thread but lend
themselves to "rope dubbing" type methods.
Wayneb
From: Robert Morger <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>;
flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: [VFB] Home made dubbing question, Proportions
I made up a bunch of dubbing recently using about 50% poly yarn and
40% rabbit fur or mink fur (Guard hairs intact) and 10% shiny stuff,
the colors came out nice but the mix is a bear to get to cling to the
thread.
So my question is how much underfur to coarse or synthetic mix should
be blended to make a mix that wraps well on the thread?
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Robert Morger
Central Texas
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