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Cream dubbing for soft hackles?
Quite the contrary, Kilgore- natural fur dubbing is not expensive and does not require previous experience. Buy yourself a small patch of, say, muskrat and use it to tye some Adam's, Hendricksons |
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Check this out..
My camera hasn't been working since I dropped in on my last fishing trip.. I borrowed my dads to take that picture and as soon as I get my camera back i'll take pics of box 2 and 3..but basica |
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Anyone use muskrat fur??
Just as everyone has said thus far, make a great nymph dubbing with the guard hairs left in or pluck them and makes a killer dry dubbing, makes some of the best zonker strips around as stated above. I |
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Free furs and feathers??
Im no master tyer but ill do my best.If you have the whole skin of the squirrels then you could you could use a fine comb and get dubbing from it. This dubbing could be used for any kind of nymph like |
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Dry Fly Dubbing
QUOTE (crowbuster @ May 17 2010, 06:59 PM) I've always felt that fur from dry lands animals (rabbit, squirrel, woodchuck etc.) will abosrb water because the animal has no natural reason f |
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Casual Dress
It was really fun watching him tie. He used the fur noodle, just like he describes in his book, then after he was done he took a chunk of hacksaw blade and roughed up the body. It looked like he put a |
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Rabbit / Squirrel Pelts
QUOTE (BigDaddyHub @ Apr 12 2010, 01:17 PM) QUOTE (FlatzFatz @ Apr 11 2010, 04:30 PM) Does anyone buy full pelts and make zonker and cross cut strips?Anybody buy full pets for tying? |
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Fly number 7
As far as how the fly looks it looks good but yeah wrong hackle. There are three thoughts on wings None, dry fly hackle tips, or hen hackle tips. If you're going for the classic look of an Adams |
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Shutter Fever
So I've had my new camera for a little over a week now and already have missed out on 3 awesome shots due to what I'm gonna call "shutter fever". The first was last weekend. I was |
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Hawthorn fly - in 10 easy steps
I am unsure whether there is a similar hatch in the US, but this side of Atlantic the Hawthorn fly (Bibio marci L.) is one of the most important hatches of the early season. The flies (they belong to |
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