Steve, if you like small patterns and would like to get a good book on the subject......?.........try Darrel Martin's Micropatterns..........he lives outwest.........i think in Washingtom state. He uses Mole hair for dubbin' on the small patterns a lot. Fishes with flies from about a #18 on down to #32's pretty exclusively. I saw him do a great slide show presentation once at the Somerset show. Very hard to see those things on the water.......for me nowdays anyway, but i guess you train yourself to look for the little dimple rises. Even here, sometimes that's all that'll work........ very little stuff......specially after the rivers have been pounded by so many anglers. Flies that small and weightless really force your presentation to be perfect, and you have to use such light tippets. It's a real challange. You may be able to find Mole at www.Rockymountainflies.com mark
From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: SLF Dubbing- now possum
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:00:32 -0600
>I see... Well, I'm starting to think we have had too many run over
>here as Possum and Armadillo both are not as common on the roads as
>they were just a few years ago...They used to be EVERYWHERE, Chuck
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Brettell"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 5:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: SLF Dubbing- now possum
>
>
>>No, I think they're the same, just that here in Maryland they
>>aren't
>>the state animal. I think in Virginia the squashed possum in the
>>road
>>is state animal. My grand dad used to catch one about three weeks
>>before Thanksgiving and put it in a trash can and feed it table
>>scraps. Granny would then roast it (post mortem) stuffed with
>>persimmons and sweet potatoes. Grand dad like the head on. It was
>>a
>>bit of a shock to see that on the table along with the turkey and
>>ham.
>>Looked like a real mean rat.
>>
>>But, to stay on topic, the fur works very well for dubbing and
>>tailing. of course the tail hair has to be used on really really
>>small flies.
>>
>>Steve,
>>In Maryland
>>
>>On 2/9/07, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>wrote:
>>>Steve.. You mean there is a difference between Virginny possums
>>>and Bama
>>>possums??? Just a different type??? I wonder if they don't tan so
>>>well cause
>>>they are real greasy, like some ducks.. My Mother In Law used to
>>>cook
>>>"possum and sweet potatoes" years ago, and she'd boil them, pour
>>>out the
>>>water to get rid of some of that oil/grease/fat... Then, cook them
>>>in a
>>>baking pan... Good if your were REAL hungry LOL...That was in FL,
>>>and they
>>>had a real thin coat of fur, and I didn't tie then, so I don't
>>>know how
>>>those would be..I'm gonna pick up the next one I find and see how
>>>it does
>>>for rsure.. Chuck
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Steve Brettell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: <[email protected]>
>>>Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 5:21 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: SLF Dubbing- now possum
>>>
>>>
>>> > I've used Didelphis virginiana, the wiley Virginia (not
>>>Alabama)
>>> > opossum, for tying. It works a lot like grey hares' mask:
>>>good under
>>> > fur and stiff guard hairs, and since squashed on the road is a
>>>natural
>>> > death for the little critters, there's plenty of them around.
>>> >
>>> > I just don't have much luck with tanning any of these things,
>>>so I
>>> > salt 'em down, and when they get funky, throw 'em away.
>>> >
>>> > They's a good well fed one living under my porch right now;
>>>well fed
>>> > out of my trash cans.
>>> >
>>> > Steve,
>>> > In Maryland
>>> >
>>> > On 2/9/07, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Don, How does regular ol Alabama possum work??? I JUST ran
>>>across one >> a
>>> >> while ago, but My wife had groceries in the car and wouldn't
>>>let me >> stop
>>> >> and get it LOL, But I run across them pretty often here,
>>>Chuck
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >>
>>> >> From: DonO
>>> >> To: [email protected]
>>> >> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 1:17 PM
>>> >> Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: SLF Dubbing- now possum
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Reuven,
>>> >>
>>> >> I LOVE that Australian possum hide that you sent Jimi for
>>>the swap.
>>> >> It rope-dubbs perfectly, blends great, and stacks like
>>>wool.
>>> >>
>>> >> Those who got the possum strips in Jimi's material swap
>>>have gotta >> try
>>> >> it out.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've seen Australian and New Zealand possum dubbings in
>>>bags, but >> it's
>>> >> already clipped and blended, so stacking is out. Also,
>>>when it's
>>> >> pre-blended, one cannot choose a particular portion of the
>>>hide to
>>> >> harvest hair for a particular look in the dubbing.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Now I can't wait for the wombat.
>>> >>
>>> >> Don
>>>
>>>
>
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