Chuck-A good fly tying wax is a adhesive ,and locks together the dub body on
the fly for a single thread method ,and it sure makes your flies last
longer, I wish I live near you guys and show you how to dub ,did several
demonstrations,when I live in the area at the concaves in Roscoe.N.Y in the
70's...just make sure you lay you material your using for dubbing , (
perpendicular ),that's 90 degrees ,to the thread making the thread a (
center core.) This creates a very strong fly. For( right hander spin the
dubbing counter clock wise) as you wrap the body it tighten up. I feel you
all have experience the problem of putting a line on a spinning reel on the
wrong way . Spinning the dubbing clock wise for a right handed person ,only
loosen the material and untwist it. When you lay your material fibers in
the( same direction ,parallel ) to the thread and spin the dubbing on the
thread like the strips on a candy cane ,that method pulls apart very easy.
Dub that method and before winding on the hook ,see how easy it pulls off
the thread.. now dub perpendicular and try pulling that off the thread .I do
wind a very tight body .For dry flies the thickness of the dubbing on the
thread should equal to the diameter of the eye of the hook .Okay you make
more winds being on the thread so thin,well it will give you better control
and a much stronger body. Bee's wax is not a adhesive,and a pre wax thread
just hold the fibers together ,it not a adhesive that holds the dubbing
materials on the thread. And those that have use Overton's Wonder Wax ,I
personally know that stuff is unlike any other .It definitely not the same
,but go use toilet seal wax. Some use glue on the thread and that is a skill
all by it self and that makes a very strong fly .. Glenn Overton........yep
that's me....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dubbing Wax
If you want beeswax, you can find small cakes sold at sewing shops,
seamstresses use it to strengthen thread when sewing through tough
materials. I've got some someplace, of course, never opened...
Mark Delaney
On 8/26/05, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Soren: Thanks.. Just dawned on me, that in my soap making supplies, I
think
I have a little Bees Wax... If I need wax, I'll just use it, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Sören Finne
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dubbing Wax
I seldom use wax except when dubbing seal´s fur. But a couple of month ago
I
bought a book "Tying flies the Paraloop way" by Ian Moutter in which the
author points out the advantages in using wax. He says is always put bee´s
wax or similar onto the thread in order to "lock" the thread to the shaft
and he also claims that the wax has a gluing effect on the dubbing
material
which makes the fly much more durable. But as I said above I almost never
use wax myself.
Soren
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Alexander
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: [VFB] Dubbing Wax
If I only use pre waxed thread, do I still need dubbing wax???? Thanks in
Advance, Chuck
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