New Favorite Dubbing Wax

[Tabasco-Joe]

Isn't the bulk of a toilet seal bees wax? I know it used to be decades ago.

It's close but a bit different. Maybe bees wax and some other additive?
Anyway, I've been using it since I posted this for a couple hundred flies.
I've also placed an ultrasonic humidifier close to my tying station to help with static problems.
For dry flies when using Super Fine, I'm not using wax. Mainly use the wax for hairs era dubbing on nymphs.

 

[Bamboozle]

I use wax on just about every fly with every dubbing because when I am tying a generic mayfly imitation (which is mostly what I fish), I like a skinny body.

Wax helps a lot to keep the dubbing tight & thin to help me achieve that result.

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

I use wax on just about every fly with every dubbing because when I am tying a generic mayfly imitation (which is mostly what I fish), I like a skinny body.

Wax helps a lot to keep the dubbing tight & thin to help me achieve that result.

One of the problems I'm having right now is that during late winter my skin gets dry and more of the superfine type dubbing sticks to me rather than the fly. 😢

 

[Bamboozle]

Moisturizer before tying for my hands has been a ritual for decades...

I also sand the callus on my fingers before tying with an emery board so they are as smooth as a baby's...

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

Moisturizer before tying for my hands has been a ritual for decades...

I also sand the callus on my fingers before tying with an emery board so they are as smooth as a baby's...

I just don't want a moisturizer that leaves scent/taste on the fly.

 

[Bamboozle]

I just don't want a moisturizer that leaves scent/taste on the fly.

If the moth crystal smell hasn't spooked fish (and it hasn't) in the 2000 years I've be using the stuff to keep away bugs, I'd be inclined to worry about the smell of moisturizer. However, there are unscented varieties. I don't think I use any at the bench, but they are out there.

I also figure if there is a taste issue, how is that any different than a fish all of a sudden discovering there is a hook in the bug he just grabbed.

I figure by the time of that discovery, I should have already set the hook... 😉