Debra, I had a chestnut-red horse next door for a while, and I tied some rusty scuds uing his mane and tail hair. They worked great, but he moved away. :o( Try blending the reddish 'doxin' hair with some rusty sowbug or similar dubbing. Try a flashback design and pick out the legs with a dubing teaser. If you get a lot of underfur, you may not even have to blend.
The gray cat will make any gray-bodied fly, but blended in with some mixed-colored hairs will match most natural rabbit patterns, like a gold-ribbed hare's ear. Would make a good gray sowbug, too. The black setter's under-hair can be used for the bushy body section of a black stonefly. Rope-dubbing the longer black hair would make the tail. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] dryer lint > I have a long hair rusty red/brownish dachshund who is good at growing fur > (brush, brush,brush...or he gets too bushy and hot). I would love to try > dubbing with his fur. Anyone have any suggestions for some patterns to try? > I also have a gray cat and a black setter mix (she looks like a small > Gordon)that I could mix in or not. Did I mention I am new to tying flies? > > Debra > in Idaho > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allan Fish > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [VFB] dryer lint > > > >Now you went and let the cat - er, dog - out of the bag! I have a > >ginger colored dog and I harvest her fur from a brush to use in some > >killer nymphs! I mix it with. . .well, that's a secret, now, isn't > >it? > >Join the dubbing swap and you'll get a bag of it along with a couple > >of flies tied with it. > >C ya! > >Doug > > > And I use two different cat furs to make a killer nymph. Colors????? > Well........that's MY secret! <g> > > > Allan > -- > > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
