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blending dubbing
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skipper3245
Barbless Hooks save lives
Trout Nazi
And...Boom goes the dynamite.
I do the way Charlie Craven does it. You need a small ziplock bag and a can of that air you use to clean your computer with (with the red straw you attach to the nozzle). Take a small zip lock bag, poke some small holes in it, put the dubbing in, then put the end of the straw in and zip-seal the bag as much as you can around the straw. Small short bursts of air will do it. The holes in the bag prevent it from blowing up.
That's a new one on me, never heard of that one before.
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I very rarely look at YouTube links on here, but I am glad I took the time to view that one.
Good one Skip.
jamiep
homeward bound
Trout Nazi
And...Boom goes the dynamite.
I started out doing my hares ear dubbing using hares mask, and it worked great. I just extended it to other types of dubbing.
danme
Cast Drys over them Enough They Will Rise
I have been using a Coffee Grinder for over 25 Years and i found it to be the best way to mix dubbing --- I bought a real small cheap one from a Wal-Mart type store and heve NEVER had a problem mixing Dubbing-- I have Shaved Hares ear masks and it really does a nice job-- I also mix to match color in the grinder and it really blends the colors int one standard unified mix.
Hope this helps
Peace
Dan
Hope this helps
Peace
Dan
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NJpatbee
Can be found on NJ/NY/PA waters!
I have used the coffee grinder method in the past and using the guidance by AK and others it works very well. However, with some of the finer blends available today in a variety of furs and shades, I find it very easy to quickly blend these furs by hand for a dozen or so flies. In some cases, such as the Hendrickson, I will blend slightly different colors by hand for the waters I plan to fish, so I take from dyed shades of grey, tan, and pink and blend by hand for the shade I want. If you plan on working from pelts, and want to get a smooth consistent blend, then the coffee grinder does a good job.
One material that I seem to differ from most of you is that I have always blended my hare's ear fur by hand. I have learned just what portions of the mask to cut and blend for the shade and texture I want, and maintaining the integrity, length, and amount of those guard hairs is something I do not want to take any chances with. I also tend to tie a "buggier" hare's ear nymph than most:
<a href="Pictures by pbergamo - Photobucket" target="_blank"><img src="http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz63/pbergamo/IMG_0016.jpg" border="0" alt="Copperhead Nymph"></a>
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Sorry about the Link:
One material that I seem to differ from most of you is that I have always blended my hare's ear fur by hand. I have learned just what portions of the mask to cut and blend for the shade and texture I want, and maintaining the integrity, length, and amount of those guard hairs is something I do not want to take any chances with. I also tend to tie a "buggier" hare's ear nymph than most:
<a href="Pictures by pbergamo - Photobucket" target="_blank"><img src="http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz63/pbergamo/IMG_0016.jpg" border="0" alt="Copperhead Nymph"></a>
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Sorry about the Link:
catskilljohn
Just finished "Land of Little Rivers"!
If you dont want to spend the money on a grinder, you can put the blend in a 3/4 filled jar of water, cap it off, then shake it up. A little messier, but if matching color is what your after, its already wet and easier to obtain the shade you desire. I use a mason jar, and poke tiny holes in a second lid to drain it. Stick the wet dubbing on a sheet of newspaper and it dries fast.
Something else to try that costs nothing... CJ
Something else to try that costs nothing... CJ
I sold my blender (a small coffee grinder) many years ago. There are so many good blends available commercially--I have a 56 year accumulationl!--and insect coloration has so many variations, I found it unnecessary to go through all the trouble of blending my own.
