NGD Dubbing Fibre is extremely soft and easy to work with. Use it sparsely and it will dub down very fine to form that prefect body on the smallest dry. Tie it slim and brush it out for that buggy effect. 

Dubbing Thread

Using your nails simply peel off a short section of fibres exposing the central core. Tie in at the desired position and remove loose end.
 

Wind on the thread using closer turns where needed to form the desired body shape. Use fine density thread for those small dries sizes 16 - 20. Tie off and remove excess, leaving room for the thorax.

Select a longer fibre thread for the thorax and tie in and wind on as before. If a pronounced hackle and legs are required, use of the longer thread allows you to tease out the fibres later.

Tie off and form the head .Trim the body to the exact shape needed using sharp scissors then pick out the hackles and legs from the thorax.

Dubbing Twister

The Dubbing Twister allows the tier to select the fibre length best suited to form the fly of choice. Extra short for wings and hackles, short for small flies and streamers, and long for Pike, Bass and Saltwater patterns.

A large Bulldog Clip allows the tier to clamp the fibres and cut them to the required length. In this illustration the Adams Grey Short Twister is chosen to form a Sedge or Caddis Fly.

Next, form a dubbing loop with the thread just short of the bend of the hook. Keeping the loop open, feed the fibres carefully into the loop and keeping the tension on allow the loop to close trapping the fibres centrally. Spin the dubbing spinner and trap the fibres to form a rope in the normal way.

Make sure you keep the loop closed and the rope under tension. Wind the rope round the shank towards the eye whilst using the thumb and forefinger on every turn to pull the fibres back towards the bend of the hook.

Wind the rope forward repeating the process at each turn until the required body length is achieved. On this sedge pattern, the fibres are wound directly up to the eye. Form the head and tie off as normal.

Using a tooth brush or similar, brush back the fibres and either trim the fibres on the underside of the shank to form a dubbing body or trim the top and bottom of the fly to form the desired body shape

Salt Water Twister

Wind the tying thread down to the base of the shank. Hold the core flat to the top of the hook, pull back the fibres towards the bend of the hook and tie down the core.

Using hackle pliers, wind the twister over the shank whilst pulling clear the fibres with the fingers of the free hand. It is important not make sure the fibres are held at right angles to the shank at all times and not to twist the twister. Fibres from the first 2/3 turns can be left on to form the tail.

Continue winding and pulling back the fibres for 2/3rds of the shank before tying down the core. Cut free the twister. Carefully comb or brush the fibres out to form a flowing body before shaping the fibres to form the body shape.

At the front of the fibres, tie in some flash or similar material if required.
To form the head, select a short fibre Twister of the desired colour and tie in the core as before.

Keeping the fibres held towards the hook bend with the finger and thumb wind on 4/5 turns and tie off. Comb backwards. For best effect, do not cut the fibres but brush out and only trim off only the loose fibres which spoil the body shape. Add the eyes to complete.