Steve Hudson
Senior Member
March 31 (Thursday)
7 p.m. Eastern live on Zoom
Making and Using Your Own Dubbing
Many folks have asked for an encore presentation of our popular workshop on how to make your own custom dubbing, and I'm glad to oblige! This exciting workshop will teach you the tricks you need to know to create uniquely-crafted dubbing blends that'll add a whole new dimension to your fly tying adventure -- and after making some dubbing blends in the first half of the program, we'll put them to use in the second half to create a great fly for spring fishing!
Here's what you'll need to be a part of this exciting workshop:
TO MAKE THE DUBBING:
To make the dubbing, you'll need several raw materials:
1) Yarn in a variety of colors.
2) Something to add some sparkle. Antron or similar yarn is perfect.
3) Super-fine flash. The classic material is a very fine-stranded flash material known as Angelina. It is available online. Alternately, pick up a few packages of Ice Dub from your local fly shop. Be sure you get Ice Dub and NOT one of the Ice Dub blends.
4) Rabbit fur: This very fine fur serves as a binder and is an important part of most dubbing blends. One approach is to trim hair from a scrap of rabbit skin; another is to trim hair from a hare's mask.
A host of other materials can be incorporated into your dubbing making, and we'll talk about a number of them in our workshop. But to get you started, the four noted above will do the job!
TO BLEND THE DUBBING:
First, you'll need a way to cut up the raw materials. For that, you'll want some craft scissors.
There are many ways to blend dubbing, but we'll be taking the simple approach and using two wire-tine cat-grooming brushes. These are the brushes with the short, stiff wire tines. Pick two that are identical or that are roughly the same size. I like the ones that have a button on the back that you can push to make it easy to remove the "brushings" from the brush -- that really helps with the dubbing making process!
Finally, you'll need some small zip-lock plastic bags in which to store the dubbing blends you create.
If you enjoy tying flies, you'll find that making your own dubbing blends adds a whole new dimension to things. I hope you'll be able to join in!
ZOOM Meeting ID: 882 8204 8017
Passcode: Dubbing [with a capital D]
7 p.m. Eastern live on Zoom
Making and Using Your Own Dubbing
Many folks have asked for an encore presentation of our popular workshop on how to make your own custom dubbing, and I'm glad to oblige! This exciting workshop will teach you the tricks you need to know to create uniquely-crafted dubbing blends that'll add a whole new dimension to your fly tying adventure -- and after making some dubbing blends in the first half of the program, we'll put them to use in the second half to create a great fly for spring fishing!
Here's what you'll need to be a part of this exciting workshop:
TO MAKE THE DUBBING:
To make the dubbing, you'll need several raw materials:
1) Yarn in a variety of colors.
2) Something to add some sparkle. Antron or similar yarn is perfect.
3) Super-fine flash. The classic material is a very fine-stranded flash material known as Angelina. It is available online. Alternately, pick up a few packages of Ice Dub from your local fly shop. Be sure you get Ice Dub and NOT one of the Ice Dub blends.
4) Rabbit fur: This very fine fur serves as a binder and is an important part of most dubbing blends. One approach is to trim hair from a scrap of rabbit skin; another is to trim hair from a hare's mask.
A host of other materials can be incorporated into your dubbing making, and we'll talk about a number of them in our workshop. But to get you started, the four noted above will do the job!
TO BLEND THE DUBBING:
First, you'll need a way to cut up the raw materials. For that, you'll want some craft scissors.
There are many ways to blend dubbing, but we'll be taking the simple approach and using two wire-tine cat-grooming brushes. These are the brushes with the short, stiff wire tines. Pick two that are identical or that are roughly the same size. I like the ones that have a button on the back that you can push to make it easy to remove the "brushings" from the brush -- that really helps with the dubbing making process!
Finally, you'll need some small zip-lock plastic bags in which to store the dubbing blends you create.
If you enjoy tying flies, you'll find that making your own dubbing blends adds a whole new dimension to things. I hope you'll be able to join in!
ZOOM Meeting ID: 882 8204 8017
Passcode: Dubbing [with a capital D]
