Another good tip. Have you ever stripped a wing quill center stem? I tried it from Leiser's Complete Book of Fly Tying when learning how to tie. It was for Ted's (Niemeyer) Quill Stone, the abdomen was a mallard quill strip. I had problems with breaking at first, but the abdomen looked real! Soon I was tying some awesome looking nymphs. I'm sure you could swing a tip video on that. Thanks Tim.
I wonder if there is a difference in how well a pattern floats with a dubbed body vs. the same pattern but using a quill body. I would think that a dubbed body would get waterlogged more often, and I wonder if the quill bodied version would get waterlogged at all. Thoughts?
Biologist Angler I ALWAYS treat a quill body with either Sally’s Hard as Nails or UV resin after it’s wrapped on the fly before doing the hackle to protect them from trout teeth. As to a dubbed body, I treat all my dry flies with Water Shed at least the day before fishing to water proof the fly to keep them from soaking up water. Good Luck!
Excellent tips, thanks as always!
Another good tip. Have you ever stripped a wing quill center stem? I tried it from Leiser's Complete Book of Fly Tying when learning how to tie. It was for Ted's (Niemeyer) Quill Stone, the abdomen was a mallard quill strip. I had problems with breaking at first, but the abdomen looked real! Soon I was tying some awesome looking nymphs. I'm sure you could swing a tip video on that. Thanks Tim.
I wonder if there is a difference in how well a pattern floats with a dubbed body vs. the same pattern but using a quill body. I would think that a dubbed body would get waterlogged more often, and I wonder if the quill bodied version would get waterlogged at all. Thoughts?
Biologist Angler I ALWAYS treat a quill body with either Sally’s Hard as Nails or UV resin after it’s wrapped on the fly before doing the hackle to protect them from trout teeth. As to a dubbed body, I treat all my dry flies with Water Shed at least the day before fishing to water proof the fly to keep them from soaking up water. Good Luck!