Got it, Thanks, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Overton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:22 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: Instructions , how to dubbed,PRINTED MISTAKE CORRECTED
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Overton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >> 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 HOLE 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.... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
