Ive come to the amazing conclusion that there is no such thing as the "best" hook. Duh! It all depends on the "look" that appeals to you. I doubt if the fish care less. But the look for me at the moment is the Partridge Spider hooks. Nice and sharp and a appealing look to the fin...

I think I found some. I ordered a couple, hopefully they're genuine and not subs! I'll not advertise on here but if you are interested in the supplier please get in touch via pm.
Barry

I don’t suppose anyone has a few they are willing to part with? I’m of course willing to pay a reasonable price.
Thanks
Barry

Barry - I sent a note to William, letting him know you were interested in buying a block. He said that his website has a domain issue (someone guy bought the domain name for his website and is now demanding 1000 bucks to reclaim the domain name). Grrr. Anyway, suffice it to say William's website ma...

I. Was hoping to buy one of those nice dubbing blocks from williamsfavorites.com but alas the web site is no more. Does anyone know where I can purchase one? I could attempt to make one but the fancy woods are what I like!
Barry

Theroe wrote:

Smuggler wrote:Tups Wool by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/155459457@N03/]

Barry's Tups Wool score.

Nice one!

You know, that looks like a roasted chicken breast in a chafing dish ......

Lol, it doesn’t smell like chicken!

I’ve secured a supply of very nice soft cream seals fur. Now all I need is the Spaniel fur and I’ve got everything to make the original recipe Tups dubbing,

Barry - I also added some polar bear underfur...I have this old piece that is a crimson red. My mix looks very close to the original pictured in Bills post...im sending you a sample, so you can be the judge! Dana Dana, if I didn't thank you before please accept my many thanks now! I don't have any ...

One things for sure, Rams Scrotum hair is the essential ingredient. I suspect the Spaniel hair is only need if the Rams wool was not urined stained enough. The red could be from a couple of sources, the likely candidate being mohair the next being seal. I can understand why cream baby seal would be ...

Looks like this has been beaten to death over on the Classic rod Forum. I might add that the Barry mentioned and who has posted there is not me! But I would still like to obtain some dubbing from the early 1900’s. A impossible task? Yes I imagine it is but there is no harm in trying
Barry F