Chuck, Transformers, magnetos, etc., are a never-ending supply of wire for tying. Just use a drill to spool it up on an empty thread spool. Just don't use your good bobbins for wire-tying. Get some cheepie bobbins, as the wire will wear the tip edge into a ruffle-edge, then even a groove.
Short hairs must be roped with the fingertips all along the length simultaneously. That's advanced rope-dubbing. Seal, polar bear, some short synthetic seal subs, etc. - are in rope-dubbing 102, not 101. For gil patterns, I would rope well-segmented tails, a black picked-out body, and rubber legs. Different color combinations from there. All of my chilly-pepper patterns for the swap were rope-dubbed. This new batch of samples I'm sending you ought to finish your rope-dub training. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Rope-dubbing Marabou > Ahhhhhhh Haaaaaaaaaaaa.. Now that I went there and read all the article and > looked at all the pics enlarged, it makes perfect sense (except that I still > cannot picture how you'd use short hair like the hare's mask hairs)..I just > GOTTA try that weighted woolly bugger... I think I'll try a Chili pepper > like that..Don, BTW, I still have the ice dubbing you sent me last year.. Do > you have any recipes for it, rope dubbed to make some bluegill flies??? > And/or some bass flies??? I used some of the rope dubbed hooks you sent "as > is" and DID catch fish...One last thing.. Has anybody ever cut into one of > the transformers that just about every TV, Radio, DVD player, hair > dryer,kitchen appliances, Rechargeable drill and other tool chargers.. The > black box that plugs into the 110 volt outlet, then changes the voltage to > anywhere from say 4.5 to 18 volts DC.. If you cut into one of these, is the > copper windings big enough to use in tying flies??? Thanks, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Rope-dubbing Marabou > > > > Chuck, > > > > Lefty was demo-ing right before me two years ago in Denver, just after his > > heart attack and stroke. > > > > He demo'd that tie you're describing, but he didn't rope-dub around the > > wire > > like I do. He just twisted the chennille and hackle to make a rope. When > > you rope on the wire as a core, it gives you a lot of alternatives for > > tying. See the VFB site for the all-in-one wooly-bugger tie in the > > rope-dub > > article. > > > > As far as short flies go, I can get 28 segments rope-dubbed on a #28 dry > > fly > > hook. > > > > Not many people 'get' the technique until they see it in person. It's > > just > > too easy to jump-assume that it's like the other techniques. > > > > DonO > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:59 AM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Rope-dubbing Marabou > > > > > >> DonO: The other night I took apart some of the hooks you sent me that you > >> had demo'd the rope dub.. I peeled back the wire and the rope dub "light" > >> came on .. It finally makes since to Me.. Then I saw a video where Lefty > >> Kreh basically tied in a "rope dubbed" wooly bugger, to make it where you > >> can catch 100 fish on one fly.. He took a black and a yellow strand of > >> chenille, and the hackle feather.. Tied them in at the back of the hook > >> as > >> normal, then twisted them into a rope, and tied them all in TOGETHER, and > >> lie he said, it wasn't as pretty as a real good spiraled in "Normal" > >> wooly > >> bugger, but your hackles (and the "roped" chenille) would last ten times > > as > >> long as normal..I'm gonna have to give it a try now that I see it.. I am > >> still having trouble picturing how you'd rope in short stuff like the > > hares > >> mask.. But the longer stuff I now "see the light" er, uh, "see the rope" > >> LOL.. Chuck > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 7:54 PM > >> Subject: Re: [VFB] Rope-dubbing Marabou > >> > >> > >> > Tony, > >> > > >> > I do the same thing, but I 'rope-dub' it. The looks come out same as > >> > yours, > >> > except that the marabou dubbing 'rope' has a wire core. A thick wire > >> > gives > >> > it weight and a thin wire is less weight, but both are bullet-proof for > >> > teeth. If I want it for dry flies, I just use my tying mono for the > > core, > >> > and I get durability and zero extra weight. > >> > > >> > I showed Pete Gramps how to do it at the NJ Symposium. > >> > > >> > DonO > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:47 PM > >> > Subject: Re: [VFB] Stackign Marabou > >> > > >> > > >> >> Chuck, > >> >> I tie a one marabou plume fly. Preen all the fibers to > >> >> the top. Tie in so that that end is a short stubby > >> >> tail. Twist the plume counter clockwise so that it > >> >> forms a "rope'. Lay it back and over wrap with thread > >> >> so that it covers the tie in wrap. Wrap the rope fwd > >> >> on the shank for the body. The tighter you twist the > >> >> rope the more segmented the body will be. Tie off > >> >> behind the eye. Lift that end of the plume back and > >> >> over wrap to form the head. Clip off about 1/4 to 3/8" > >> >> from the head. This will lay back for the wing. Seems > >> >> like olive and Orange are good colors. > >> >> --- Chuck Alexander > >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Folks: When spinning the deer hair, and watching > >> >> > video of it being stacked, it made me think.. Why > >> >> > not "stack" marabou on Wooly buggers..Say if you are > >> >> > tying a black and yellow "Yellow Jacket" pattern. > >> >> > with yellow and black marabou... Why not tie in > >> >> > yellow and black marabou.. Anybody do this??? Is it > >> >> > effective??? If so, in what colors?? Thanks in > >> >> > advance, Chuck > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > >> > ________ > >> >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> >> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! 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