Dubbing

Plum · Dubbing

Hi Guys
I need to get some dubbing now that i'm progressing a wee bit with my tying. Is there one that will suit as a "general purpose" dub in different colours or do i need to get different types? I suppose you need dif for dries & wets.
Clueless Plum

I might not be good but I'm having fun trying

Beatnik69

You can use all sorts of materials for dubbing. Seals fur is probably used most and can be used for dries or wet. You can also get hare fur, rabbit fur, mole fur... you name it and it can probably be used. If you check tackle shops or websites quite often they do boxes of different colours of seal's fur (Frankie McPhillips stuff is good) - you get maybe 10 different colours in one box in individual compartments. Other material I've used is marabou - I pull it to bits by hand or chop it with scissors then dub it.

wayne

Plum, pm me your address and I will send you an assortment of dubbing and colours mate.

Plum

Thanks Guys.

mick

antron dubbin would probably be the easiest thing for a novice to start with and it would probably be the cheapest option

Plum

Wayne
I sent you a pm, hope you got it.

wayne

Just checked me pm's there Plum and nothing that I can see mate.

Plum

Thankyou Wayne
Your assortment of dubbing arrived in the post today, it was very much appreciated. I find the seals fur & the hares ear easiest to work with so far but I have more of your samples to try yet.
Thanks again for your kindness & help
Plum

wayne

The antron will need to be chopped a bit as its a long fibred antron. The trick to dubbing is little and often, pinch a bit of to dub and then half it..you wont go wrong. The hares mix is a mix of guard and underfur which I made myself.

Plum

[quote="wayne"]The antron will need to be chopped a bit as its a long fibred antron.
What way do you chop long fibred dubbing?
Do you you cut it with scissors? I read somewhere about using a coffee blender but I don`t have one, so whats the best method for me?

wayne

Scissors will do fine, all you are doing is cutting it to a more workable length. If you pull a piece off you will notice it is about 2-3" long, far to long for conventional dubbing so cut it into 3-4mm pieces, roll it into a ball and cut it like mad, be careful not to cut it to powder though.

If you wish you can still use it as a body material as it is by pulling a piece off and tying it in at the tail, you can either now wrap it around the thread and then wind along the body or you can take the thread to the head and then wrap the dubbing along the shank and tie off.

Plum

Thanks Wayne