Gray squirrel dubbing

[Gene L]

I "harvested" a gray squirrel and wonder if anyone has tried dubbing with this fur. It's buggy looking, few guard hairs, and has various shades, brown/bronze on top, gray on the sides.

It's pretty hard fur, all told.

[Mog]

Whitlock's Squirrel Nymph is one of the best all around flies out there. Typically tied with red fox squirrel but a gray should do well too.

[Gene L]

Well, I tried it and it works. It's pretty spikey, and would do well in nymph patterns where the dubbing suggests legs. It's also mono-chromatic, dark and without much difference in coloration, but mixed with red squirrel would be fine.

[narcodog]

Put it in a dubbing loop and spin a very nice s/h. Get a fur rake and use the under fur for dubbing.

[Gene L]

There ain't no underfur on a squirrel.

[narcodog]

There ain't no underfur on a squirrel.

I beg your pardon, but there is. I have been using pine and red squirrel dubbing for sometime. Just to be sure I didn't misspeak I just ran my LAW fur rake through the tail of a gray and there is some nice fine spiky underfur sitting on my desk as we speak. If I had an entire hide I would most likely get more.

[Gene L]

Well, I guess there is.