Fly Tying Material of the Week: Beaver Dubbing
Beaver dubbing has long been recoginzied as one of the finest furs for fly tying and in particular for tying small dry flies. It makes sense if you consider that the beaver spends most of their life in water, and so has developed really fine, soft and water resistant underfur to keep warm. Beaver fur is tight yet supple making it is easier to taper dry fly bodies. Beaver dubbing is tough, holds it’s shape far better under rough wear and successive wettings than many other types of hair and does not absorb water. These properties make Beaver fur dubbing [...]
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[Video] How To Make Dubbing
Thank you Juan Ramirez for this simple yet awesome video on how to make dubbing! If you have struggled to get dubbing materials to mix together without getting all clumped up, then watch this video. It’s amazingly simple and works awesome. Thanks again Juan!
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How to Dye Feathers Sunburst
Davie McPhail shows us how to dye strung hackle feathers Sunburst in this fly tying video tutorial. If you have not ventured into the world of dyeing your own fly tying material (yet), this video by Davie McPhail is a good introduction into the Art and Alchemy of dyeing fly tying material. Dyeing Feathers In a nut shell, here are the basic steps: Wash feathers in soapy water. Davie recommends Johnsons Baby Shampoo. This removes oils from the feathers and helps dye penetration. Heat 1 1/2 pints water to near boiling. For best results use distilled water. Add 1/4 to [...]
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Where to Find Golden Plover Skins Fly Tying Material
For all of you soft hackle wet fly addicts here is the real deal – Golden Plover! Imported from the UK, these skins are some of the best and only available on the market right now. The soft back and shoulder of the Golden Plover have soft-mottled shades of gold and tan, barred browns and blacks that flow and mix to tie beautiful soft hackle patterns. Golden Plover skins are in short supply and hard to get so if you are interested act fast. Golden Plover Skin Specifications #1 Grade – Wild Bird Cookshill Tying Materials Imported from the UK [...]
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Best Mother’s Day Gift Ever – Premium Elk Hair
With the Mother’s Day Caddis hatch bearing down on many western US rivers folks are going to need a healthy supply of Elk Hair Caddis and X-Caddis fly patterns. As such it seems fitting to nominate Elk Hair as our Fly Tying Material of the Week. As usual we take a look at what kind of Elk Hair deals we can find in our eBay fly shop. Elk Hair for Sale in our eBay Fly Shop Looks like some hot deals, so if you need to replenish your Elk Hair supply click on a listing above and you will be [...]
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[Fly Tying] Whiting Brahma Hen
Whiting Brahma hen capes and saddles with Chickabou are perfect for wet flies, nymphs, soft hackles and more! Whiting Brahma Hen Capes for Sale on eBay right now!
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Vintage Mustad Hook Gold Mine
I don’t normally run more than one eBay fly tying special a week, but this one is just too good to not let folks know about. Singlebarbed.com just tipped us off to a mother-load of antique Mustad hooks that he stumbled across on eBay. 1950′s Mustad Hooks & Prices! As Singlebarbed put it … we’re talking 1950’s Mustad iron; sharp as razors, with long lethal points, strange hook numbers you’ve never heard of and never seen except in picture books featuring flies by Darbee and his ilk, who bemoan the loss of all that quality iron common to the “good [...]
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Fly Tying Material of the Week: Starling Feathers
Each week we scan the inventory in our eBay Fly Shop and pick one of our favorite fly tying materials and see what kind of deals are available. This week we take a look at Starling feathers, which are great for tying soft hackles. Starling Feathers for Sale on eBay Right Now If you are not familiar with our eBay Fly Shop, here’s how it works. Our fly shop draws from auctions currently running on eBay. When you click on an item you will be taken to eBay where you can bid on or often purchase immediately the item. Since [...]
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Fly Tying Material of the Week: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot
Each week we scan the inventory in our eBay Fly Shop and pick one of our favorite fly tying materials and see what kind of deals are available. This week we feature Snowshoe Rabbit foot. Snowshoe Rabbit for Sale on eBay Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Uses Hands down Snowshoe Rabbit foot hair has to be the best floating natural fly tying material available. Hair from the bottom of the hare’s foot is bouyant, kink resistant and does not absorb water. For this reason, Snowshoe Rabbit makes for mean, unsinkable emerger and dry fly patterns. (I guess it also helps keep the [...]
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Fly Tying Material of the Week: Ostrich Herl
I thought it would be fun to start a new weekly feature called Fly Tying Material of the Week. Each week we will scan the inventory in our eBay Fly Shop and pick one of our favorite fly tying materials and see what kind of deals are available. Ostrich Herl Currently For Sale on eBay Ostrich Herl Uses Ostrich is one of those beautiful natural materials that can add life to many flies. Ostrich makes a great substitute for peacock on midge and emerger patterns as demonstrated in the Shucked Up Emerger we featured in our last Friday Night Fly [...]
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