Don, Did you ignore my question ? The one about the ROPE DUB VIDEO for the VFB site?????????????????? Lets have the griff matey. KP
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Quick Descent Dubbing > 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? > >
