You’ve heard about it, you’ve read about it and many of you have seen "Mr.Fantasy Fly" himself, Don Ordes, demonstrating his Rope Dub technique at various tying events across the country. Now you're able to purchase the DVD through MyFlies. Don is including 4-6 personally tied flies with every DVD ordered.
For those of you not familiar with Don and his Rope Dub technique, here is information for you to consider:
Rope Dubbing is a quick, simple and versatile method of dubbing. It is about the only technique that can be used effectively for Ice Dubbing. Don has taken it a step further and applied the technique to every known dubbing material (and then some) and everything dubs perfectly.
This is not a twisted or loop-noodled dubbing technique, but a stationary core technique.
Here are just a few advantages of Rope-Dubbing:
- It requires no wax, loop, split thread, or tools
- It is extremely fast and cuts dubbing time by as much as 80%
- It forms segments and taper in one pass
- The tapers and segments can be adjusted or varied easily
- It works from size #32 to 14/0
- With a bite-tippet tying core, the flies are virtually tooth-proof
- Vsit Rope Dubbing Flies for just a smidgen of what this technique is capable of
Don has been demonstrating this method at fly shows across the country, introducing hundreds of beginners through professionals to the technique.
Here are just a few comments from some of the folks that have tried Don’s Rope-Dubbing method:
“Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Rope Dubbing is a well done DVD clearly demonstrating a variety of dubbing material techniques on the one thing that often gives tyers (and not just beginning tyers) trouble: the natural fur and synthetic material dubbing of a fly's body. Don, a natural on camera, presents his quick and easy methods in an unpretentious, best friend demonstration that anyone watching should be able to pick up on their first try. Especially interesting was the thicker/thinner corrections he employs to arrive at the desired thickness. Working a hackle in with the rope dubbing and thereby completing two tasks at the same time is nothing short of brilliant. If you only buy one fly tying DVD this year, and are looking for something new that will make your tying hours easier, this is the one.”
~Bob Mead
"In one DVD, Don has changed most of what I thought I knew about dubbing. Don's 'Rope Dubbing' is the most original idea I've seen in fly tying in years. The versatility of the method is amazing. Not just using different materials, but adjustable, different looks from each material. This DVD sets the standard for other fly tying instruction DVDs. Clear, concise, and to the point, I was totally absorbed from beginning to end. The only thing to do now is get to my vise and work on all these techniques while I wait for volume two! Well done, Don!"
~Ed Berg
"Don had explained the technique to me once in text format, and again at the Sowbug in 2006 in person. But it seems that I had misunderstood some. That's why I used it with only a limited number of materials. But now, with the DVD, the pieces fell into place, and I understand what Don meant with the words 'easy' and 'simple', and 'using any form of'. I have a squirrel dubbing that has seemed like it was made for the purpose of giving me headaches. It's short, stiff and spikey- and the noodles have been breaking into fragments and falling off the thread. Today I dug out that squirrel, just to give it a try, and got it on the1st try.
GO DON!!!!! WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE COMING????”
~Niclas Runarsson, Sweden
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