Hi,
You have touched upon a subject I'm very happy to discuss. The
Leisenring method of dubbing is very similar to the dubbing loop,
however, it is a method of creating dubbing brushes off the fly itself.
As mentioned above by James, Leisenring made the bodies ahead of time,
stored them on slitted cards and would then sit and tie the flies.
What is particularly nice about this is it makes your tying session go
a little faster and makes for a very durable, thread under-colored body
that can be very buggy or softly dubbed.

Leisenring's flymphs were intended to be fished from bottom to top, but
they can, when tied on light wire hooks, be fished in the film.
Leisenring also varied hackle stiffness based on the water speed where
he was fishing.

If you have not fished with the wingless wets, then you are missing
something. These flies are quite effective in almost every fishing
situation to represent a number of various stages of a number of
various insects.

Here's some recent flymphs I've tied:

[image:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...iveFlymph.jpg]
Little Olive Flymph

[image:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...lsFlymph1.jpg]
Greenwell's Flymph

[image:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...WateryDun.jpg]
Pale Watery Flymph

[image: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ckle/Bl-1.jpg]
Black Stone Flymph

If you'd like more information on the Leisenring method of dubbing, let
me know.

Mark


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