I've been using a bit of it, mostly as a blender ( from about 10% to 50%) to give weight and some hilights. Mixed with ice dub, it makes nice scuds and stonefly tails.
Try roping a shaggy ice-dub/QD body on a streamer hook, leaving a couple of inches of the body wire trailing behind, or, tie on a spool of tying wire and let it trail behind. Graduate the rope colors from mostly white to some yellow to a little orange, blending in yellow or gold quick descent thru the colors. Rope-dub the body and brush it out (this is not for segments, just ease of tying). Use the trailing wire to matuka in either feathers or fur strip, picking out the loose dubbing as you wrap. Finish the head as you like. I sometimes just end it, or use barbell eyes (tie on first), or leave room for a muddler-style head. This makes a superb body for sculpins- colors, mild hilights, and weight. A zonker style takes a very short time to tie this way, and has the proper belly weight to boot, without being heavy to cast. If you want a pic, let me know. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 12:40 PM Subject: [VFB] Quick Descent Dubbing > A week ago I bought some new dubbing (new to me) sold by Hareline called > "Quick Descent Dubbing". It is kind of interesting stuff, it looks alot like > "ice" dubbing, little courser, and is made out of some type of bright soft > metal. It makes a very quick rope and can be dubbed very tightly, or left > loose to make a crystal type fly. It is much heavier than traditional > dubbings, but not as heavy as a lead weighted fly would be. I haven't > really figured out exactly how best to use it, but tied up some wooly buggers > and some smaller caddis larvae imitations. Has anybody else seen or used > this stuff?
