Wes-
Are you using the loop method to make a stacked/packed body for trimming to shape or using it to make a shaggy deerhair body? Somewhere recently I saw an article on dubbing with deerhair, right now my poor old brain can't remember if it was an article online somewhere or in a magazine. Anyway, it involved lots of dubbing wax and was hell on the fingers (I tried it a few times) because the hair is so coarse. Did make some really, really shaggy flies. Haven't actually tried them yet, but they float like little corks in a glass of water. I'll look around and see if it was in a mag.
-John
Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello VFBers,
>
>Trying to improve my deerhair spinning and ran across a reference to
>creating deerhair bodies and heads by putting the hair into a dubbing
>loop.
>
>Has anyone tried this technique? What are your impressions about using
>deerhair in a dubbing loop versus the standard spinning techniques?
>
>Wes Wada
>Bend, Oregon
If you know how to spin deer hair, the dubbing loop is a pain to do.
If you don't know how to spin deer hair, the dubbing loop is a WAY to do it.
that's my 0.02 worth
Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
