I see a lot of spider recipes call for mole dubbing. I can't seem to find the dubbing for sale. What can I use as a substitute?

Thanks,

Randy

BTW, if I tie this fly in brown, size 14 and 16, should I still use partridge feathers or would brown hen be better?

Thanks, and merry Christmas,

Randy

Stewart writes about the advantage of fishing wet flies upstream, but I'm not sure what exactly he means. Is he writing about casting directly upstream, or up and across, or lobbing flies upstream as if he is high-stick nymphing?

Randy

Hans thanks.

My fly tying club followed your video and tied the fly.

Randy

Thanks for the great replies. I generally fish smaller streams (tailwaters). When I started swinging wets usually as searching flies I would cast, mend once, then let the fly swing downstream. (I originally thought, from watching several videos, this was the only way to swing flies, and, yes, I foun...

I've seen different answers on this, so I'm a bit confused. Some anglers say that when swinging flies I should mend only once, after the cast is made, then keep my fly rod low and let the fly swing downstream on a tight line. Other anglers say that I should make repeated mends so that the fly swings...