dubbing brush experiment

[Ruard]

I have done some experimenting with Dubbing Brushes, made with my dubbingblock.
Here are some pictures:















Some of them are tied with copperwire as brush-thread, some with orange tread (4/0 ?) and some with yellow thread 6/0.
Hooks are all #12



Not too big this Rudd but for the winter I had a nice day and I caught this one on a flymph with a dubbing brush with copperwire and darkgrey rabbitfur and claret sealsfur, hackle: grey partridge.

Greeting

[letumgo]

Wow they are all great Ruard! I keep going back and studying each photo looking for my favorite, but in the end I realized the I loved them all for different reasons. It was kind of like trying to pick your favorite child. (joke)

[DOUGSDEN]

Ruard,
I have to agree with Ray on this one! The dubbing brushes and flies are just fantastic. I love the work (pleasure) you are doing in this area. My eye keeps going back to the body of these beautiful flies. I have spent some time in the den (more than I should have according to my wife) experimenting with fur/spun bodies. I have not done anything with the wire core dubbing brushes. This is the next big adventure!
These patterns look so buggy that if they were dropped from their keepers, they would crawl across the table looking for their watery homes! Magnificent job friend!
Dougsden

[Soft-hackle]

Again,
While there are many modern methods used to try to replicate this technique of dubbing, I can not see why, after looking at these flies, any tier of this type of fly would ignore it or drop it from their usage. Yes, it may not tie up as quickly and require a little more time to do, but the result is a wonderfully "fishy" fly. Nice work, Ruard.

Mark

[Roy]

Fine work, Ruard

[John Dunn]

Hi Ruard

I too use this technique, It seems to work on flies 14 and larger. I prefer using gold wire in fine diameter.I just ordered a supply of wire from Jim's in a variety of colors. Their are three advantages to this technique , I.Makes a fine dubbing brush. 2. Addi flash to the dubbing . 3. Adds a little weight to the fly to help break surface tension .

Best

John

[redietz]

Nice stuff, Ruard. It's also nice to see somebody fishing for non-salmonids with these flies.

[Ruard]

Nice stuff, Ruard. It's also nice to see somebody fishing for non-salmonids with these flies.

Thank you all for the nice words. Now I am trying to make/turn brushes with silk (Pearsall's Gossamer) but with not to much turns it breaks, perhaps I should turn anticlockwise??

Is there anybody who fishes for other species than trout or grayling with wingless wets?

Greeting

[DOUGSDEN]

Ruard,
Yes, I do! The lowly Bluegill. They are great sport on the flyrod and, at times, every bit as selective as trout. I live in an area where there is a "put and take" fishery for trout in many of the lakes and streams. I like to call it fillet and release. Very little attention is paid to habitat or maintaining a cold water fishery. Usually, by June or July, the trout are gone. The Bluegill however can be caught from one ice to another (open waters of course) and are very accepting of most soft-hackles, flymphs, and small weighted nymphs. They can also be found in many types of waters but seem to do best in small ponds, lakes, and oxbows (slower sections of rivers and streams). Fanstastic sportfish and great to eat! Yes, once in a while, we enjoy a "mess of fish".
They are a great test fish for new patterns that I happen to toss in once in a while.
What do you have in your home waters?
Dougsden

[tie2fish]

Both white perch and dink smallies take wingless wets as well, and I'm going to try them out on shad during the run this coming spring.