Just a few Q and hopefuly some A

[Buzzers]

3. My wife has a hole lot of wool she does not want and I searched the forum and no one has mentioned using normal knitting wool for flies can this be used


Cut a 1m piece of each colour you want, snip it in 1 cm pieces. Put them in a blender till it is fluffed (about 60 sek). Store the different colours in plastic bank ziplocks. Use it for all your flies except dries. It will be a lifetimes supply.

[C J]

3. My wife has a hole lot of wool she does not want and I searched the forum and no one has mentioned using normal knitting wool for flies can this be used


Cut a 1m piece of each colour you want, snip it in 1 cm pieces. Put them in a blender till it is fluffed (about 60 sek). Store the different colours in plastic bank ziplocks. Use it for all your flies except dries. It will be a lifetimes supply.

Sorry but wool in a blender......sounds dangerous enough to try!!!

[Jasper]

Sorry but wool in a blender......sounds dangerous enough to try!!!

a coffee grinder works even better to making and mixing dubbing.

[Deneys]

Thanks Buzzers C.J and Jasper I have never thought of it wool dubbing for
wet flies and it is going to save me quite a bit of money

TA

[Jasper]

wool makes general good bodies .. particularly if you pick out the strands with a dubbing needle after wrapping ... make it look more "buggy". Lots of "old" traditional fleis used wool bodies ... and worked very well!!

[chris williams]

As young man Jasper says, wool is excellent especially for wet flies as the wool generally absorbs the moisture. It's also good for underbodies for e.g slow-sinking dragonfly nymphs

[C J]

Thanks Buzzers C.J and Jasper I have never thought of it wool dubbing for
wet flies and it is going to save me quite a bit of money

TA

One more good thing about wool is the colour opsions are endless. You even get those ones that's fluffy like! That, in dark brown, grey and black makes awsome nymph thorax's. Like mentioned, they soak up water...that makes your nymph sink faster.