Dog / Cat hair as dubbing material.

[gersgraeme]

Hi,

I am new to fly tying and I have a possible silly question. Why is dogs hair or cats hair not popular to use as dubbing material? I havent saw any patterns which used cat/dog and I am wondering the reasons for this as it is readily available and is basically free.

Is there any real drawbacks with using this as dubbing? I am aiming to tie nymphs and wet flies so the only thing I can think of is the dog hair could possibly smell like wet dog

I have looked on the internet and there are some posts about it being used by American tiers but would appreciate your advice.

cheers

graeme

[Steve Walker]

[jetta1967]

That reply is brilliant. Superb!!

John.

[lavo85]

was gonna say those nymphs are the dogs balls but then i seen the cat lol

[easker1]

The Collie Dog is one flie using the obvious, My pal has some lion hair he uses for dubbing, of course you could use hair from a pussy, easker1

[black knight]

A lot of anglers use groomed hair off either a dog or cat. Some animals have better fur than others. Even Sottish salmon flies use dog hair. There is a salmon river beat owner who is famous for amazing his paying guest by tying a salmon fly with squirrel fur, dog hair, and his wife's hair. He then goes out with it and promptly catches a salmon. It's one of his party tricks.

[bigtel]

dog hairs you must be barking as for the cat hair i wouldnt puuuurrrrrrrsue that either
terry

[black knight]

Originally Posted by bigtel

dog hairs you must be barking as for the cat hair i wouldnt puuuurrrrrrrsue that either
terry

You could be missing out Terry on some useful dubbing.

[bigtel]

Originally Posted by black knight

You could be missing out Terry on some useful dubbing.

the funny thing is i live 300 metres from a dog grooming parlour

[gersgraeme]

cheers for replies,

I think I will give it a try then, there will be no harm as the dog needs brushed soon I just thought it was weird that there is not a lot of comments about for dog / cat hair.

cheers