Great vid Mak - how economical is that 😀😀👍. It makes me realise how much we pay for so little from fly shops. You tie some awesome flies and your attention to detail and quality is really impressive.
Very nice Mak - thanks for sharing! The coffee grinder is great for blending dubbing - my wife had a nice one (she hasn't noticed it missing yet so I guess that it is mine now :-) ). Like you, I cut and blend the large "loose" yarns but for the smaller diameter, tighter spun yarns I use a pair of "dog grooming brushes" to "card" the fibers (to break apart the bundles) before blending. Because I frequently use dubbing loops I tend to cut my yarn into 1 to 1 1/2 inch lengths; with the longer fibers it is usually necessary (depends on the yarn) to card the pieces before blending or they will "pill" up. I always check the translucency, sparkle and color of my blends by putting a loose wad of the fibers in a glass of water and looking at it outside in natural light. Wet-testing gives me an idea of how it will look on the fly. Find that mixing natural fur and acrylic fibers can make a nice dubbing as well. My favorite is a blend of 90% beaver underfur with 10% short (3/8 to 1/2 inch) acrylic for creating a good body silhouette with a little fuzziness. For nymphs I like a 50-50 blend of grey squirrel (underfur and guard hairs) with a black or dark brown synthetic (something with a bit if sparkle to it) to make the thorax. Works well for me. Have a great day Mak! ATB. Hank
Thank you Hank, You can keep that Grinder now lol,,, thanks for the few tips I will try that in water next time, I do also mix natural & Synthetic together, thanks for the comment Regards Mak :)
@@Makflies I mix a lot of natural with synthetic. I love the variety of colors you can get with the yarn. Then I use a lot of white rabbit that I will color to match my yarn. It makes some great really buggy dubbing.
Thank you for taking your time and sharing this awesome and informative video and your knowledge. I love it when knowledgeable people take the time to help others!!!!!!!!
Just curious... I bought some 100% acrylic yarn and chopped it up and put it in to an old coffee grinder. When I pulsed it it did NOT fluff as nice...instead I got SOME fluff and hundreds of tiny little knots everywhere!! SO frustrating!
Hello Makflies excuse for my English, and for the question, but this kind of material in elbows, can be fine for all kinds of flies, for example,Wet Fly ,Dry Fly,Nymph,Streamer,?thank you Have a nice day
@@Makflies I'm begginer in this so I don't know which type of flyes can make with fox fur...can you tell me something about that? I have whole fox fur (head, body, tail)...my friend is a hunter and he bring me rabbit fur, but this time he killed a fox...
@@edincusto4795 Basically you can make all sorts of Patterns with that for etc ( Nymphs , Emerger , Bugs ) , you can search on UA-cam & you will find lots of different patterns, I don't use Fox fur, but I don't think it's any different than Rabbit & Squirrel :)
l how often do you get on to the water. like to see some videos of you home water. i am going to the serria nevada mountain this weeks end,, one reason, here at home friday thru sunday.. temps of 101-106 a little warm
Not much much this year, I have been stuck abroad due to COVD19, just came back 4 weeks ago, hopefully next week I will check the weather and go fishing :))
Can the people on UA-cam stop cramming whatever they are talking about up against the camera lens. In this case it is Pearl U.V. dubbing!! We can see!!...not sure why this is a pet peav of mine, but everyone does it!!😂😂 Sorry...not sure why I thought I needed to say this!😂😂
Great vid Mak - how economical is that 😀😀👍. It makes me realise how much we pay for so little from fly shops.
You tie some awesome flies and your attention to detail and quality is really impressive.
Thank you rightmarker1,, I am glad you like it, thank you for the nice comment
Regards Mak :)
Very nice Mak - thanks for sharing! The coffee grinder is great for blending dubbing - my wife had a nice one (she hasn't noticed it missing yet so I guess that it is mine now :-) ). Like you, I cut and blend the large "loose" yarns but for the smaller diameter, tighter spun yarns I use a pair of "dog grooming brushes" to "card" the fibers (to break apart the bundles) before blending. Because I frequently use dubbing loops I tend to cut my yarn into 1 to 1 1/2 inch lengths; with the longer fibers it is usually necessary (depends on the yarn) to card the pieces before blending or they will "pill" up. I always check the translucency, sparkle and color of my blends by putting a loose wad of the fibers in a glass of water and looking at it outside in natural light. Wet-testing gives me an idea of how it will look on the fly. Find that mixing natural fur and acrylic fibers can make a nice dubbing as well. My favorite is a blend of 90% beaver underfur with 10% short (3/8 to 1/2 inch) acrylic for creating a good body silhouette with a little fuzziness. For nymphs I like a 50-50 blend of grey squirrel (underfur and guard hairs) with a black or dark brown synthetic (something with a bit if sparkle to it) to make the thorax. Works well for me. Have a great day Mak! ATB. Hank
Thank you Hank, You can keep that Grinder now lol,,, thanks for the few tips I will try that in water next time, I do also mix natural & Synthetic together, thanks for the comment
Regards Mak :)
@@Makflies I mix a lot of natural with synthetic. I love the variety of colors you can get with the yarn. Then I use a lot of white rabbit that I will color to match my yarn. It makes some great really buggy dubbing.
Simple yet practical!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you 😊😊😊
Great video Mak, very nice idea so I think I’ll have to invest in a cheap grinder now lol
Thank you Junior ; yes you do need a grinder , make sure the balde are curved opposite to each other :)
Makflies Ok bud thanks for the tip
Thank you for taking your time and sharing this awesome and informative video and your knowledge. I love it when knowledgeable people take the time to help others!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much friend , I really appreciate that 😊😊😊😊
Thank you very much, an extremely helpful money saver, highly appreciated.
You're welcome Erik :))
Wow... thank you! Great idea!
Thank you Tomas :)
Love your stuff Mak. That's a ton of dubbing for £0.50p! Tell you what amigo, I'll buy a third of it from you, shall we say £0.25p😄
Lol... No problem STIML8ER you can have it free lol,,, thanks for the nice comment
Regards Mak :)
A great tip Arshad. 50 pence well spent. Many thanks for sharing.
Thank you Danny :))
Excellent idea!
Thank you Marvin :))
Great video, thank you 😁
Thank you Clinton, I am glad you like it :)
COOL!
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Don't tell my wife, but her new coffee grinder is now sitting on my tying bench!!
🤣 🤣 No worries Allan I will stay Quiet lol,,,
🤣🤣🤣,я использую кофемолку для даббига чаще (часто),чем по назначению)))
Excellent idea is that just wool you are using keep up the great videos 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Sean, It is Wool my friend :))
Nice video my friend !Flysofishing
Thank you friend :)
Just curious...
I bought some 100% acrylic yarn and chopped it up and put it in to an old coffee grinder.
When I pulsed it it did NOT fluff as nice...instead I got SOME fluff and hundreds of tiny little knots everywhere!!
SO frustrating!
It is very good idea. It is easy.
Thank you very much.
Most welcome 😊
Спасибо!
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молодец мужик))
Thank you friend :)
Hello Makflies
excuse for my English, and for the question, but this kind of material in elbows, can be fine for all kinds of flies, for example,Wet Fly ,Dry Fly,Nymph,Streamer,?thank you
Have a nice day
Thank you Max, Sorry for the late replying, Yes you can use it for both, but remember some Materials are very buoyant :))
Спасибо Mak,я делаю так же..👍
thank you friend :)
Can you do some pacific NW steelhead patterns?
I have not tied any pacific NW steelhead patterns yet, but I will try soon :)))
im a ten year old girl who ties flys can you do a vid on how to make dubbing using yarn and 1 dog brush
Thank you Chloe, I am really happy for you, I only use Blender, for Dubbing, but you can google other site for that kind of Dubbing :))
Hello Mak, I have one question, can fox fur be use for making dubbing?
Thank you Edin,, of course you can use Fox Dubbing 😊 😊
@@Makflies I'm begginer in this so I don't know which type of flyes can make with fox fur...can you tell me something about that? I have whole fox fur (head, body, tail)...my friend is a hunter and he bring me rabbit fur, but this time he killed a fox...
@@edincusto4795 Basically you can make all sorts of Patterns with that for etc ( Nymphs , Emerger , Bugs ) , you can search on UA-cam & you will find lots of different patterns, I don't use Fox fur, but I don't think it's any different than Rabbit & Squirrel :)
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Dennis :)
l how often do you get on to the water. like to see some videos of you home water. i am going to the serria nevada mountain this weeks end,, one reason, here at home friday thru sunday.. temps of 101-106 a little warm
Not much much this year, I have been stuck abroad due to COVD19, just came back 4 weeks ago, hopefully next week I will check the weather and go fishing :))
Hey Mak, is that an Anvil Atlas vise in the background? Is that the vise you use on your videos?
It is but I use Jvise for Videos :))
This wool dubbing you are making?
Yes :))
hi mak what is the machine that y blend it with cheers col
Thank you Colin, you can use any Coffee Grinder :)))
Здорово!
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Hi Mak is this buoyant enough for dries?
Thanks
I think it may work for Dry Flies, but It's mainly for Wet Flies and Nymphs :)))
Thanks👍🏻 also where can I get the meadow grass coloured spanflex you use for buzzer cheeks?
what is the name of this material?
It's Acrylic Yarn Jonathan :))
Can the people on UA-cam stop cramming whatever they are talking about up against the camera lens. In this case it is Pearl U.V. dubbing!!
We can see!!...not sure why this is a pet peav of mine, but everyone does it!!😂😂
Sorry...not sure why I thought I needed to say this!😂😂
Thank you :)