What is this dub?

[troutmagnet]

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what is this dubbing, i cant figure it out, and i love this fly?

 

[JackM]

Looks like coarse brown hare's ear with a blue thread running through it.

 

[jayL]

Looks to me like hareline ice dub. Not sure if they sell in in that color (rainbow?), but they do sell rainbow scud dub, which is pretty close.

http://www.hareline.com/2009NEWJPGS/RSD.jpg

 

[MKern]

Looks like synthetic peacock (krystal dubbing) in blue.

 

[wsender]

4 different posters, 4 different answers...

Wapsi Sow-Scud in Rainbow.

 

[NCPAtrtbum]

Looks like that "Spectrumized" dubbing with blue wire for the rib.

Speaking of... I've never seen that dubbing for sale, who makes it?

 

[whheff]

I have Wapsi Sow-Scud dubbing in Rainbow that looks like that. Just add blue wire rib and it should look the same.

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

take coarse nat. hairs ear and rainbow dub put it in a coffee grinder and the 2 till your happy

 

[jayL]

NCPAtrtbum wrote:
Looks like that "Spectrumized" dubbing with blue wire for the rib.

Speaking of... I've never seen that dubbing for sale, who makes it?

http://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/collections/dubbing

That's the only place to get it, AFAIK. It's finely ground rabbit underfur. Not many guard hairs.

I got the variety pack dispenser. It's decent stuff, but hard to tell what color it is until it's wet.

 

[RowJimmy]

It gives me an itchy nose for some reason. Overall though good stuff.

 

[jayL]

Me too... I think I have a mild allergy to rabbit. The stuff is so fine that I think you end up inhaling a good bit of it. Pick it apart under bright light, and you can watch it create a dust cloud.

It sure dubs a nice, smooth body.

 

[NCPAtrtbum]

Thanks Jay.

 

[ryguyfi]

Def a blue wire ribbing, not a dubbing mix.

Some dubbing mix with antron should do the trick. KISS

 

[jayL]

I disagree. There's no blue wire. Click on it to blow it up, and notice the same colored blue strands sticking out behind the tail.

 

[ryguyfi]

Ok Jay... you win. I retract all prior incorrect posts I've ever made on this site... which is just the single one 2 above this. lol


There was a "rainbow dubbing" I saw on a fly last year at some point. This looks very similar with just more colors.

 

[ryguyfi]

wapsi sow scud dubbing... even though I can't find a picture, it might be the "tan rainbow" color. Looks a lot like the rainbow warrior dubbing just in a different color, and that's the dubbing charlie used for that pattern.


http://www.wapsifly.com/pdffiles/wap/page%2023.pdf


http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/detail.cfm?parentID=137

 

[JackM]

I retract mine. I should have blown it up. Anything called rainbow must be on the right track:

 

[zerodrag]

It might be rainbow angle hair. I have dubbed angle hair before and that's how it looks.

Thanks for enlarging the pic.

 

[dubthethorax]

I'm gonna go with Hareline dark shade rainbow scud dubbing. I just pulled mine out and it looks almost identical when you look at it up close. I guess it depends on the size of the fly they photo'ed.

 

[StaggerLee]

Looks like something you can make easily. Why spend the money or search around for that dub? Just card / blend the dubbin colors you like and you should be golden.