Hare Line Bulid Your own Custom Dubbin Kit

[bigfoot 0]

Couldn't you achieve the same results with two cat hair brushes?

[flytire 0]

yup and a whole lot cheaper

 

 

or even wool cards

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=wool+roving+brush&biw=1280&bih=728&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMI58S89dWpyAIVwqA-Ch3g5AhC#tbm=isch&q=wool+card

[artimus001 0]

http://www.caddisflyshop.com/blend-your-own-dubbing-kit.html

 

yes, you could use two cat brushes, or a mason jar full of water, or a coffee grinder, or your fingers in a pinch.

 

$99.95 for this product, is for a fool with money. Hareline's beading mats was one thing. this idea totally takes the cake. talk about capitalism and consumerism gone wild.

[nick2011 0]

some people dont have the creative mind for tool building, or they just like the fancy work.lol

[bigfoot 0]

I agree with everybody thanks for all of the tips. I like the wool cards ideal they will work better than cat brushes.

[dochollowfish 0]

please excuse my ignorance, but what are wool cards?

thanks, dochollow.

[SilverCreek 0]

I have wool cards.

 

They are used to prepare shorn and clean wool for spinning yarn. The wool is carded so the fibers are lined up into "rovings" which are then spun with a spinning wheel into yarn. I bought my wool cards for dubbing. You can mix different yarns to get dubbing.

 

http://www.wikihow.com/Card-Wool

 

Royce Dam of Wisconsin won the Buz Buszek Fly Tying Award from the FFF in 1994. It is the Federation’s highest fly tying award.

http://www.fedflyfishers.org/Portals/0/FlyTyingGroup/FTGDocuments/Buszek/1994_RoyceDam.pdf

Royce wrote The Practical Fly Tier in 2002. Once of Royce’s special techniques is tying with carded wool. So I bought as set of wool carders.

http://globalflyfisher.com/reviews/books/the-practical-fly-tier

 

 

 

[Gene L 0]

Wool cards are used to "card" wool, or straighten and separate the fibers for spinning or weaving. Used to be called a "hackle." (Which I learned is used for hemp and jute.)

[Jaydub 0]

Yes, it's a lot of money and I won't be buying this kit anytime soon. But there are wool cards selling anywhere from $30 to $60 a pair and you get maybe $30 worth of dubbing with the kit. So is it really that big of a rip-off?

 

Fly tying suppliers are not the only ones charging these kinds of prices:

http://www.woolery.com/store/pc/Hand-Carding-Kit-Deluxe-p10785.htm#.VhK3DflViko

[mikechell 0]

For $60.00, you can buy enough dubbing from http://www.flytyersdungeon.com/ to last about ten years (unless you are a professional tier). And they have dubbing that you're not going to get from you average sweater or dubbing mixes.

[vicrider 0]

But, but, I really like my beading mat from Hareline. I spend money on anything I think will help me in tying but there dubbing kit ain't one of them.

[cheech 0]

The expensive part is the long carding block. These are well made and won't fall apart. I have been in the "mass dubbing" blending trade for long enough to know that quality is expensive. Sure two cat brushes will do the trick, but they will break down after time. I personally don't use the Hareline kit because I bought carding mats from a wool carding company, and they were much more expensive than the hareline kit.

 

Also... This is the very best way to blend dubbing that is longer than .5". Blenders, coffee grinders, air, etc etc is no match for a soft 2" fiber. You will ruin a lot of machines trying to get the consistency that you will get with a good carding setup.

[flytire 0]

do the wool cards cut the fibers or just blend the fibers?

[artimus001 0]

do the wool cards cut the fibers or just blend the fibers?

blend

[artimus001 0]

Also... This is the very best way to blend dubbing that is longer than .5". Blenders, coffee grinders, air, etc etc is no match for a soft 2" fiber. You will ruin a lot of machines trying to get the consistency that you will get with a good carding setup.

agreed.