Dog Hair?

[Sur3-Shot 0]

My westhighland terrior sheds a good bit and im thinking. Is there anything i could use her hair for on a fly? Instead of throwing it away.

[rockworm 0]

Dog hair is a classic dubbing material. If the hair is long you may want to chop it to make it easier to dub.

[Mickalo 0]

oh yea dog & cat fur make some excellent dubbing materials. I have a ziplock bag full of our cat's hair. Very fine type fur and dubs quiet well. What surprised me is doesn't absorb water very much, nice if you want a slow sinking fly.

 

Mike

[jburge 0]

Dog hair is a classic dubbing material. If the hair is long you may want to chop it to make it easier to dub.

And I'll second Rockworm's advice. You can also blend the hair with other dubbing materials to come up with your blend.

[Wavey1988 0]

If the hair is long enough you might be able to use it as a hair wing

[Piker20 0]

Look at the lagan fly i posted. That's dog hair.

[Sur3-Shot 0]

Piker i found it nice tye

[mikechell 0]

Dog hair usually is very "flowing" in the water. If the hair is long enough to make some small streamers or charlies, they'll move well in a swimming fashion.

[FlyFishin'Jam 0]

Templedog hair is quite popular unfortunately so, i saw some 'dog hair' in a fly shop attached to skin and wasn't too keen on the idea but hey if you have an animal who likes a haircut lucky you!

[Roofish 0]

I have a white lab who could supply the world with hair haha

[SSC 0]

Now you just need to get some Kool Aid and you can have a whole bunch of dubbing in different colors.

 

Kool-Aid dye blends

 

I have only used the "flavors" straight so far. The lemonade gave a nice sulphur color on a Hares mask I dyed and was more of a pale yellow on the white fur from my Border Collie mix.

[grubman 0]

Too bad my niece's dog hardly sheds......lol. What about my cat? It's a Sylvester look-a-like. How will cat hair react in water and what flies would it be good for?

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

grubman you can use your cat hair as dubbing on dry and slow sinking wet flies

[Piker20 0]

Not that I would know but when the vet puts little shep to sleep, they go in a freezer awaiting collection and that might be a good source of hair. Like i say, not that i know...

[JSzymczyk 0]

Many years ago I had a good friend who occasionally tied some streamers with long hair from his golden retriever. He did very well on them. The dog didn't mind, and he only snipped off enough for each fly once in a while so the dog didn't look chopped.

 

I'm violently allergic to dogs, so it is out of the question for me.