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From: "Glenn Overton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dubbing Wax---Chuck and beginners -Ideas on dubbing &
methods you need to use. Overton's Method
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....
