All You Wanted to Know About Dubbing, with Tim Cammisa

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

I get lots of questions about dubbing, which is a simple process that we sometimes complicate with hundreds of different blends and as many opinions on how to apply it. But it's an essential skill in fly tying, so Tim [35:18] and I spend a whole podcast exploring types of dubbing, when you would use them, and different methods of applying this essential material. Tim is always a fun guest and this one is no exception.

In the Fly Box this week, we have a some great tips from listeners and of course plenty of questions, including:

A great tip from a listener on how to estimate a fly line size using a kitchen scale.
Does UV resin dry completely?
Can I add head cement to the head of my Elk Hair Caddis?
What is the protocol for tipping at a fly-fishing school?
When you carry extra lines to the river, do you put them on extra spools or carry extra reels? And where do you put them?
I have some 20-year-old tippet I was given. Should I use it?
Do you have any recommendations for easily transferable materials that can be used for fry flies as well as streamers?
A tip from a listener on how to safely carry a full-size camera when fishing.
Where do baby carp hide? I never see them.
Does adding split shot make it harder to hook fish?
A tongue-in-cheek story about using songbird feathers on flies.
I want to buy a house on a trout stream. What should I know before I do this?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing podcast.
0:13.7	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer.
0:15.6	And my guest this week is my friend Tim Camisa.
0:20.0	And you may have listened to my podcast with Tim before.
0:23.3	He's a very enthusiastic guy. He's a teacher by profession and he's also a great, he's a school
0:31.2	teacher, but he's also a great fly fishing teacher. And Tim is always fun. And the topic this week is dubbing uh so if you're not a fly
0:42.1	tire you might not be that interested in the podcast um but we're going to talk about we're
0:47.5	talk about different types of dubbing different ways of putting dubbing on a hook and um there's a there's a lot to dubbing and I get a lot of questions
0:56.6	about dubbing. So I thought I would address it with Tim who's a great fly tire and has written
1:02.5	some fly tying books and teaches fly tying. So anyway, I hope you enjoy that. Again, if you're not
1:08.7	a fly tire, I apologize. there'll be something for you next week
1:12.9	and before we get into the flybox uh just wanted to give you some heads up on some places
1:21.5	you might want to visit with the orvis and d Lodges, and Outfitters this season.
1:29.2	First on the list, this week is a guide, Jay Howard, and Jay is located in central Massachusetts.
1:37.5	I know Jay, he's a great guy.
1:40.4	He's also a really serious naturalist, so if you go on a guided trip with Jay, you're going to learn a lot more than just about fishing.
1:47.3	You're going to learn about some of the flora and the fauna and the bug life and all kinds of things.
1:52.4	So Jay guides on the deer field, the Westfield, the Swift rivers, and he also guides for big bass and pike.
2:00.2	So if you're in the New England area, especially if you're in the Massachusetts area,
2:04.6	he's a great one to look up.
2:07.1	Our outfitter this week is Old Mo Guide Service, and this guide service is located on the Green River in Utah.
2:16.1	And the Green River is one of my very favorite North American
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