DIY dubbing and wing

[@idahok9trapper470]

I really appreciate this tip as dubbing and wing material is expensive . This is the best tutorial I have seen lately and it will save me tons of money . Thanks again

[@davidcollins4207]

Thanks man.

[@woodslore4672]

Yep..👍 I use a par of visegrips to clamp down the zip tie end and brush both bundles at once. Good vid bro.

[@Three_Rivers_Adventure]

This is a total face palm cause it's stupid simple and I never thought of doing this. You just saved me a boat load of cash. 👍

[@idahok9trapper470]

Raided my wifes yarn supply lol and made a bunch of wing material and dubbing . Big thumbs up to you Brother as this stuff rocks .

[@idahok9trapper470]

Always forget to tell you, that green barred and blue barred baitfish pattern you tied up are Sexy as hell man . Please post up a tutorial brother as I have got to have them . Dam those are Bad Ass and the most beautiful baitfish streamers I have seen .

[@coreyjohnson2418]

David i was a dog groomer for 32 years-retired now-been into flytying -yes i have a dog brush around-they were called slickers at the time possible still are-find it so unique i now have another use for them--also i made myself a dubbing brush machine out of an old fan motor-also uses my dog brush--Great video--can use that material on my dubbing brush machine--also last night saw a video where they used dog clippers to shave a hares mask--guess i was meant to tie flies in later years--and yes i have the curved scissors to trim toad heads from another video

[@robertmiller9142]

I love this idea and it will save me a lot of money plus you can also make your own form of laser dubbing as well they make that type of yarn with a form of flash fibers in it that would cat the same way as laser dubbing it is used for making baby blankets that people crochet for babies and you can get it in variegated colors as well it mite be a little thinner in diameter but it should work as well it is just a little lighter in the colors , and if you need a darker form of dubbing they have the camouflage yarn that can be used to make like a darker form of dubbing and wing to. Thank you for the idea and the day brush can be gotten at the dollar store and in some even some of the yarn. Again thank you very much and please keep up the good work.

[@ckr1011]

I picked up an assortment of carpet samples over the years (free). I trim some of the material from the carpet and toss them in a coffee bean grinder and Poof! in a couple of seconds ... instant dubbing. You can mix and match colors/materials.

[@danielfonseca2558]

Great is a material so easy to find and with an excellent quality congratulations friend !!!

[@FordFracture]

Brother you just saved me a hole bunch of MONEY !

[@joeduca8582]

Hi David, great tutorial, even better are the "bugs"! That pink with the red head had an inner glow when the sun light hit it on your desk. I've been admiring this popular dubbed head streamer style for a while. I've fooled around with combed out glow bug yarn along time ago for wings when Clouser came out with his minnow and for dubbing on humpy and nymph bodies. This technique gives you both materials. I forget what that multiple colored sections of yarn is called (ombre maybe?) but if you left a short section of the next color instead of cutting it at the separation, then matched them up, you may come up with a tip dyed version. But the way you layered colors when building the fly has a similar effect. After this I watched a pro Crafter on KZbin, Yvonne Williams, make "yarn hair" on a project for a costume. The technique was the same but she used a hair straightener iron to slim it down and it became very shiny, looked like Polarfibre or Pseudo Hair/Marabou. This stuff is amazing, thought I'd give back to you. Thanks.

[@davidcollins4207]

Joe Duca thanks man. Glad you liked the video

[@frontieradventures96]

New to fly tying and I make a lot of streamers. This just pretty much saves my bank account thank you so much. Crafts fur here is and 4 bucks for a little square and white especially I go through like crazy and it adds up quick. So if I can start using yarn this will be amazing

[@caryverhalen]

Great idea, thanks. I've used a coffee bean grinder with Great results too. Plus u can add flash or blend colors with ease.

[@hankvana2149]

Thanks David! Have the brush, will pick up some acrylic yarn to try this. I have been using "Roving Wool" that is used for "Felting" (making figurines out of packed wool) for some of my wool-head flies. Got an earth-tone pack (black, white, tans, greens etc.) from Michaels Craft store for about $10. The had all kinds of colors. You might want to check it out.

[@davidcollins4207]

Ive messed with that stuff a little bit. I used it for streamer heads, but never liked how it turned out. I like this way more

[@romeobeorchia2268]

I love the idea. Thanks for sharing. To add the flash like laser dub, there is a product called "Angelina Fibers" that is identical to the flash material used in laser dub. I buy mine off Amazon in variety packs of 14 different colors for about $20.

[@uncledaveswildride]

@romeobeorchia2268 - (if you ever see this comment again): i checked amazon for angelina fibers and was overwhelmed with options! what did you go with? i see Angelina fibers that heat bond to things - that seems weird, but all good if that's what we want.

[@netdog06]

I sawe a guy on YT using a coffee grinder to make dubbing. just cut yarn into small pieces and grind in coffee grinder. he said if you want lighting dubbing to add some flash at the end of the grind.

[@johnthomas5806]

useful for sure, and hobby lobbly has this yarn on sell for 50% off this week...

[@trautist0457]

Red Heart brand yarn makes for a more vibrant dubbing. Some say Red Heart brand yarn is also trilobal.

[@Toilersv]

Many thanks for the good idea ;)

[@Podobed]

Great idea- but David- you need to get a self cleaning slicker brush. Instead of having to pick it out, you just hit a buttom. Look them up! I turned a lot of tyers onto them.

[@davidcollins4207]

I've seen them, just have yet to buy one. One day though, Ill get one.

[@matthewdimond6174]

David. I would love to see a video of you using this stuff. Maybe a video of tying one of those bugs

[@MrJaxparadize]

You can add flash to the strands before combing it out and bam! Add it to a hook, throw eyes on it, boom!

[@BassNtsuab]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@gbchamberlin]

Thank you so much for the video. You taught me so much. I really appreciate it. :-)

[@davidcollins4207]

Thanks man

[@danjohnson2098]

thankyou for the video.very helpful.

[@davidcollins4207]

Thanks Dan

[@DanieHattingh]

One thing I noticed was to tie minnows quite sparsely because the acrylic holds a lot of water.

[@RespekfulFungus]

Throw in some Angelina fibers(ice dub), and you’ll have yourself some bruiser blend from Fly Fish Food.

[@bennyrosado5402]

cool thanks for sharing!!!

[@kimjensen3561]

Nice video👍

[@davidcollins4207]

Thanks Kim

[@richardlim2991]

Thank you,bro. Very useful

[@mrj.maduro7563]

is acrylic yarn better than wool? I find wool sucks to much water, how is the acrylic yarn? does it suck up less water? great video Byetheway, learn allot, just if I can get a suggestion between acrylic yarn or wool would be great or if you have a better yarn you can suggest would be great.

[@davidcollins4207]

Ive only used the acrylic yarn so far. I have seen other people use a wool based yarn in other videos and they say that it works really well. The acrylic yarn is still going to hold water just like wool, but it shouldn't hold as much as wool.

[@edherrmann182]

The site you referred to is savage flys. The Tier is from Allegheny county Maryland.

[@MACINA1973]

Great tip !! Thank you !

[@limmaanka]

Awsome!

[@lukehaubrick]

Hey David I found a great yarn for you to find I get about ten bags of dubbing with a Few mixed inbetwen check out the landscape yarn in tropical I found that 6" is the best length to cut it thanks for the the idea's I have huge bag of black and white

[@davidcollins4207]

Thanks man. I will have to take a look at that stuff.

[@mr.robinson1982]

Cheap & easy...thanks

[@fishfinder3583]

very cool!

[@reellifewithcinco7858]

WOW, nice dood

[@gltrout]

Hi David, Interesting to your video,but what type of woolen tips I would recommended buying for imitation? Acrylic? I hope your reply. Thank You

[@davidcollins4207]

Gianluca Temporin I personally have only used acrylic yarn to do this. I have watched some other people use wool based yarn and say it works really well. I've just never tried using it. Hope that helps

[@gltrout]

Thank you,I will follow your advice.

[@davidcollins4207]

Your welcome. I would try experimenting a bit to see what works for you.

[@gltrout]

I'm going to buy acrylic material in the week then I'II let you know. You are fortunate you have the salmon and the big pike, here in Italy little compared to. Thank You

[@sebastianmendez786]

Goood video !

[@joemclevich6310]

Nice how to. Really like the "bugs" could you give me the name of the pattern? So I could learn how to tie them. Thanks.

[@SplitPhotography]

Wow. This is awsome.. To bad i just bought my first hair and dubbing!! lol

[@mikehuntsmels9680]

could you please show us how to do these flies...they look great

[@davidcollins4207]

Check out The Mistress tying video on my channel. Its the same pattern as the blue/white and the fire tiger colored streamers. The others might be featured in a future video

[@dixieoutlaw4x4]

Anybody found the link to his video on tying these flies? Thanks

[@georgewocosky]

Here you go . . . 'only a year late ! ;p kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3KopamBntOop7c

[@Raevenswood]

How well does it sink? I tired making a few merkin patterns a few years ago using acrylic yarn and it wouldn’t sink even with dumbbell eyes.

[@dmund222]

Where do you get the plastic clear boxes for the dubbing?

[@mikebailey5622]

You can purchase those from a fly tying store or catalog

[@dutchpikehunter2.018]

nice

[@southernexposure123]

Thanks. How did you get the black stripes in those other streamers?

[@muddlerminnow]

you draw them on with a sharpie

[@southernexposure123]

@@muddlerminnow thanks

[@wjgallen]

I’m having trouble. Getting the yarn to bush out. And not just end up all in my brush.

[@TheFrugalFlyRodder]

Try unraveling the strands before brushing.

[@royguss]

Hola tiene tutorial de esas moscas? Gracias

[@Jeffrey957]

Dude!!!!!!!!

[@travismchance]

How does it look in water?

[@illinoisflyfishing1612]

how well does yarn shed water on casting?

[@davidcollins4207]

It sheds the water fairly well. Its all synthetic and it doesn't really hold water during the cast

[@illinoisflyfishing1612]

Will have to try it, thanks

[@Awsometurtle20]

So is this the material needed to make flies? Also feathers? Im new just asking ohh can i use regular thread?

[@TGging]

Not a good idea on the regular thread as a general rule. It is not strong enough for most applications relative to bulk or build up of thread on the fly.

[@Awsometurtle20]

@@TGging thanks for the help

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

Instead of zip ties just tie it with old braid dental floss even just sewing thread. You are trying to be frugal.

[@christophercook723]

What language ishe speaking 😢?