Joyce, Iain informed me that this was not mink, but mole hair! I just got through working with it and was able to rope-dub it by itself, which was 'quite' the challenge. I've blended mink with chinchilla before to make it more workable, and various other things, but the deal with Iain was to rope the most difficult dubbings he could find, and he found some good'uns. (This mole hair was not even a quarter of an inch long.) But I got them all roped, including the seal, and am sending him a photo in just a second.
I got lots of mink if you need some, since you use a lot. Can you use some chinchilla? I also got a nice Cock d'Leon saddle that would make great streamers, if you could use it. Waiting to get your flies, haven't seen them yet. Thanks, DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Westphal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] package received > Don, mink does dub very well on its own..but, if you need to make it a bit > more "ropeable", blend several inches of very neutral wool yarn (I like Wool > Ease chunky which is 70% wool, 30 acrylic), makes the mink dub very nicely> > I use lots of mink. The guard hairs make great tails and it makes great > GRHEs (or is that mink ears?). Joyce >
