Thank you Bill and Hank, wish you hadn't shared that site Hank, I feel an order coming on
I hear you Bill, but the difference to sculpin wool is when wet, the dubbing becomes translucent and base that was dubbed onto shines through, In this instant a lighter shade olive chenille with a bit of flash. The effect can be made more prominent by the choice of a contrasting core, light dubbing dark core, dark dubbing light core...
Hey Ray, Jack has a website, I hope it's ok for me to post it here? Feel free to remove it if it's not appropriate.
http://www.lv2nymph.com/electric-wool.html
He's a great guy that I met through instagram, one of the most accomplished fly tiers I know and he's very humble about it. In a marketplace saturated with a lot of relabelled junk it’s refreshing to come across a material that’s been developed by a tier with thought and consideration. Jack sources the raw materials and hand blends this dubbing for it's properties, which is pretty cool in my books. I'm fussy about my materials and wouldn't endorse it if it didn't tick the boxes for me and this one does that and then some. The fibre has relatively long strands that are easily torn in hand to shorten, you can pull a tuft out and it forms a tapered skein much like you would if using superfine. It's dubbing properties are very similar to superfine with a difference in texture, the electric wool has a bit more crinkle to it but it dubs very finely if desired. It can be used whole in hanks if tying streamers. It's quite easy to avoid the flash if you desire, no different to avoiding guard hairs if using beaver or muskrat, a matter of fact that's probably a bad example I'd say it's a lot easier. I'll include a few photo's from the dark side (living dangerously) so you can see the uses and versatility...
Btw, I'm with you on the TMC 700's, I was gutted to learn they discontinued it! I bought every available pack in OZ when I found out, have about 500, mainly 10's and 8's, let me know if you need some?
Sz 14 partridge klinkhammer hook, dirty otter and wombat electric wool twisted in a dubbing loop for the abdomen, grizzly hackle paraloop, wombat electric wool touch dubbed for the thorax. I love the effect of taking two skeins of dubbing in contrasting colours and twisting them together in a dubbing loop, it gives a natural mottled and segmented look to the body, you can alter the effect by cording the rope up more or loosening it off...
Sz 20 partridge midge hook, paraloop dry, just to show how versatile this dubbing is, colours are dirty otter and earthen clay electric wool...
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