I have Caddis Green, Brown, and Rust. It works great. I use the Green with a single twist of Rust for soft hackle flies and diving hornberg caddis that I tie. (in fact I just tied 30 for a swap at Hotpspot - http://www.hotspotfishing.com/flies/swap_details.asp?mcode=5489445327&id=2 - it ends on 5/30 so if you join you will get my creation.)
Also, I have tied some Peeking Caddis, Caddis Larva, and some small midges as well. If you mix the brown and green, you can mimic a peacock herl. However, as you know the quick descent is not hairy nor is it smooth. This I think causes some shortfall in the material. But is it easy to tie with and for any pattern you don't want bulk from lead free wire or you don't want a bead head, it is good stuff. I think it really works well for very small flies where it adds weight without bulk. The caddis green and the rust also have a nice sparkle as well. Thanks. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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?
