dubbing brush effect

[doobrysnatcher]

some patterns i see are brushed out for the fur transluncency before the body palmer hackle but i like to do this after ive fully tied the fly makes them nice and messy (the way i like them ) whats yere opinion on this ? or am i barking mad

[lhomme]

Originally Posted by doobrysnatcher

am i barking mad

Not at all, Doobrysnatcher!
I find lots of patterns (especially wets and nymphs) get better when brushed. Gives them lots of life in the current. I don't even bother to add legs to the smaller ones, just comb out the thorax dubbing is all that is needed.

Best regards,
Johan

[Old Jock]

Funnily enough I have tying a few palmers tonight which I brushed up with a toothbrush. I think a fly looks great when brushed out and I think the fish prefer them that way too. Here is an example of one of my flies that I brushed out tonight........

[maharg]

With you, old jock, cant beat an old toothbrush.

[emerger1981]

i think most tiers use either toothbrush/brush or a bit of velcro for scruffing up the fly mate.. works a treat

[lhomme]

Don't know about the toothbrush guys, but when you speak of teeth...this is what i use to brush my flies :

Root Canal Files,China Root Canal Files manufacturers,suppliers-Medical equipment B2B

It might be a bit frightening to some, but they are the business! Superfine and unbreakable. Ask your dentist, he always has some

Johan

[oakham orange]

Originally Posted by lhomme

Don't know about the toothbrush guys, but when you speak of teeth...this is what i use to brush my flies :

Root Canal Files,China Root Canal Files manufacturers,suppliers-Medical equipment B2B

It might be a bit frightening to some, but they are the business! Superfine and unbreakable. Ask your dentist, he always has some

Johan

I use these.

[doobrysnatcher]

so im mot barking mad ,we all do this, (i use velcro) i also catch the fibres and push them too and fro between finger and thumb and reset them again and re brush it seems to make such a tangled mess (BUT BLENDED AND INTERMINGLED )and then i comb again and pluck the longer fibres " I MUST BE CRAZY"

[wingman]

Originally Posted by doobrysnatcher

so im mot barking mad ,we all do this, (i use velcro) i also catch the fibres and push them too and fro between finger and thumb and reset them again and re brush it seems to make such a tangled mess (BUT BLENDED AND INTERMINGLED )and then i comb again and pluck the longer fibres " I MUST BE CRAZY"

That leads me to the question of 'Do crazy people do fly tying or does fly tying make you crazy?' (I mean with all these animal skins under my bed I'm starting to get looks like I'm Hannibal Lecter

[doobrysnatcher]

Naw the water make you mad