When I was at home (France), in order to mix my dubbings, I used an old coffee grinder. It gives excellent results, your dubbing is well mixed, I kind of miss it now. what kind of dubbing? everything that I find. I really like a mixture made of dyed fox and rabbit dyed in yellow. It is like painting, you don't need a lot of different colours, you just have to mix different amounts to obtain all that you want. I should precise that I mostly do nymph fishing, I never use dry flies and once per year I will use a streamer. I know, I'm weird but I prefer to catch a fish under water even though it is rising. Fox hairs are interesting when you want to tie big nymphs (bigger than #12). With them, you don't need a twister dubbing and they keep the smaller hairs that you put in your mixture. With a coffee grinder, it is so easy to make your own haretron.....
Vincent -----Original Message----- From: Abbott, John C. SMC (SW) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: samedi 3 novembre 2001 20:03 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Creating Your Own Dubbing Mixes/Online Swap Hi Folks, Greetings from the warm weather. Unfortunately, due to security reasons, I can not tell you where I am. However, start thinking Marlin, Dorado, Roosterfish, etc.... I was sifting through the enormous amount of tying materials I brought along for the extended trip and noticed a lot of quarter full bags of dubbing (most of which I haven't used in years). I was debating exactly what to do with it when it struck me to be creative- mix the stuff together. I used to blend SLF for steelie flies before the Jourgensen Series hit the market but never blended other materials for trout flies- even though I known about it for years.. So far I devised some pretty interesting leech and scud blends. For the most part, I am content with the blends in the shops but, now that I can see the range of variations/shades I think I might be hooked. For instances, I mixed a third of a bag of medium green antron, quarter bag of black angora, and a quarter bag dark olive Spirit River Nymph Blend. I tied a leech pattern with the new concoction and when I finished, my mouth was watering! The most beautiful motor oil color I have seen! Now I am itching to give it a go... I am thinking about this dubbing mix picked out for some Buggers too! So I am curious to know how many folks routinely mix and blend their owndubbing? If so, what is your favorite mix (recipe) and what type of flies are you tying? This might have the makings for a good online swap (?) John Abbott No birds, no bees No flowers, no trees No wonder- Novemeber "Benny Hill" ><((((�> ><((((�> ><((((�> ><((((�>
