Hends Spectra Dubbing

Posted on 16 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide dubbing hends nymph

This is one for the Czech nymps: long strands with lots of shine to it makes this a good dubbing for both small and large nymphs. I don’t keep too many Czech nymphs with me, but I always have them ready, both for fresh and saltwater fishing. My personal best for browntrout: 1.25kg, was on a Czech nymph in purple and red.

The long fibers will give a lot of movement to the nymph:

Applied to a UNI 6/0 thread and a TMC 2457 #8 hook

Two colors applied to the hook

Drag the fibers out with a toothbrush gives you long legs:

Since the fibers are so long you can also use it to form a tail, here on a Mustad 94840 #12:

Layer two different colors to form the tail:

Hends Musk-Rat Dubbing

Posted on 12 June, 201312 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide dubbing hends musk-rat

The Hends Musk-Rat dubbing is the other from Hends that I have, but compared with the superfine this one has some more longer fibers that stick out. These you can remove before applying to the thread, or keep them on to get a more dynamic body. Usage would be fore dry-flies or emergers.
There are not too many long fibers as you can see, and they are easily removable if you want to do that before adding to the thread

Dubbs nicely on the thread

And can be applied quite thin on the hook, here a Mustad 94840 #14. The long fibers are really long and on small hooks like this they really stand out.

Hends Superfine Dubbing

Posted on 11 May, 201311 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide dubbing hends mustad

The Hends Superfine is one I have a few colors of and use if I need to create a thin body for dryflies, or for slender nymphs/wetfiles that needs a bit of body.

As you can see: lot of thin, long fibers that makes it easy to apply to the thread

Maybe not the best of pictures, but you can see that you don’t need much to cover the thread

Dubbing a Mustad 9480 #14: it makes a slender body that doesn’t take much space

One of the good properties of the Superfine is the ability to create bodies on very small hooks: here is a TMC 518 #30 with only a few strands of the dubbing to create a tiny body

Langrumpa Bugger

Posted on 15 April, 201315 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc dr hends inspired tmc tungsten utc

Hook: DR 305 #10
Thread: Sheer 14/0 White
Tail: From the bottom: White CDC, Mallard Flank, Green CDC
Body: Hends Superfine Grey, Whiting Hackle, UTC Ultra Wire Silver
Head: 3mm tungsten bead

This is basicly a variant of a wooly bugger, but it has a story: last year I was in a cabin in Norway near langrompa lake and inspired by the nature and colors (we walked a lot in the moutain around the cabin) this pattern came to be as a memory of this great place. I like freestyling when tying with whatever I have in front of me, and this is one of those outcomes. The white (from moss and snow) and the greens was very predominant in the mountain around us, so the tail represents the nature around langrompa lake Also tied this on a TMC 5263 #10: To give you an idea of the nature that inspired this pattern:

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Hends Spectra Dubbing

Hends Musk-Rat Dubbing

Hends Superfine Dubbing

Langrumpa Bugger

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