Ice Dub

[CapeBSalar 0]

LOL! You guys are cracking me up.

 

 

How about membership cards!! LOL!!

 

:hyst: :hyst: :hyst:

[VERN-O 0]

new signature to show my devotion......hope it's ok I pirated it from you Cape B

[steelie 0]

Good Day,

 

Now that is funny!

 

Steelie

[CapeBSalar 0]

LOL! It's all good!!

[RoyalWulff 0]

Hey Bruce,

 

Is that bird fur on those sexy flies of yours? What type of hackle is that?

[DancesWithHeadCement 0]

I love using the material, but it's available a lot cheaper if you don't buy it from the fly shop. The costume industry calls it "Angelina" fibers, available in two sizes; angelina and a coarser fiber called crystilina.

 

It is available in crimped, hot melt, and straight. Using an iron on the fibers turns it into a transparent iridescent cloth, useful for spinner wings and other applications.

 

Links to vendors are available on this post The fibers are available in 1/2 ounce packages for about $4, that's about 4 packages of the fly shop size - it's a much better deal, and many additional colors are available.

 

"Crystilina" is much more coarse a fiber, usually the "crimped" fibers are the crystilina flavor.

 

Ice Dub is straight cut Angelina.

 

[RoyalWulff 0]

sweet they even have sampler packs of 6 colours... but it is a lot more expensive then the 1/2 oz of one colour.

 

 

[fishaholic69 0]

ahh cmon I just came from the store! now I got to go back to get me some ICE DUB!!! lol. maybe next week I will. I bought regular nymph dubbing instead. at gander they had a dispenser with 10 or 12 colors in it

[Crotalus 0]

Well thanks to this thread i bought my first Ice dub yesterday.

 

Now to try it out on a few different flies

[Kodiak Commando 0]

I also should be a member of the love ice dub club!

 

I use the stuff religously especially on scuds and big nasties.

[maddog48 0]

I've started using UV Ice-dub as a thorax on all my Zebra midges.

 

 

Mike

[juice 0]

I've been using Ice Dubbing since last spring. I was visiting Charlies Fly Shop in Golden CO. and saw it on the wall.

 

I picked up Olive and Red to mimick the Motor oil/Rootbeer color that works so well on the smallmouth back home. I used it mainly as an accent on the woolybuggers for smallies but found to be great for trout as well.

 

Oddly enough, My latest creation was a Royal Discotech Wulff using the olive as the peacock and the red as the floss. They look sweet.

 

ICE DUBBIN 4 LIFE

 

[winefly 0]

I am a new user of this site and this is my first posting so be gentle. I have used ice dub on czech nymphs for about a year now and the results are great. Based on reading the comments posted I did some experimenting with ice dub for steamer bodies. They are looking great, especially when used on deep clouser patterns. I tie the material in by simply holding the front edge of a wad of dubbing against the hook and making two tight wraps. I then pull back and leave a bit of dubbing on the hook. I repeat this several times down the hook shank toward the eye and the result is a great body for the fly.

[RoyalWulff 0]

Welcome Winefly,

 

That sounds like a really great way of making a body (if i understand correctly). I love the ice dub, but I am afriad of creating a whole body of it. I like to mix it up with fur dudding to add some flash.

 

I am just at the experimental stages with the stuff. I like the look of the UV stuff, How tight of a dub can you guys get with this stuff? what is the smallest fly you guys dub it on?

 

by the way, great post winefly i would love to see some of your creations especially that body technique you were talking about.

 

Phil

[Harold Ray 0]

I tie the material in by simply holding the front edge of a wad of dubbing against the hook and making two tight wraps. I then pull back and leave a bit of dubbing on the hook. I repeat this several times down the hook shank toward the eye and the result is a great body for the fly.

 

If you would, please post some of your nymphs and streamers built like you're describing. I'd like to see them.

 

Thanks!

 

Ray