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I am proud to offer an exciting new material (which affords a new method of tying flies),
created by MUZ WILSON of Victoria, Australia ...

THE FUZZLE DUB SYSTEM

Probably best to let Muz Wilson himself explain ...

... " I really get tired of hearing people saying there is nothing new in fly tying.

The new in fly tying comes from two directions: new materials, and new techniques for applying materials. What has become known as ‘fuzzling’ is one of those techniques. It has revolutionised much of my fly tying.

I had been discussing fly patterns with a colleague for quite a while, and was trying to achieve a transparent halo effect using BMS Blend. What happened was that the bloody BMS blend kept matting to the fine Crystal Chenille as they lay together on my messy tying bench, so I just rolled the dubbing into the chenille and wound it onto the hook. Then I scrubbed it up with a Velcro strip and the results were fantastic.

I was immediately impressed by the fly’s lifelike translucent appearance, and named it the ‘Fuzzle’. This name has since become associated with the technique.

I made a range of these flies and fished them on the Glenelg River on the South Australia/Victoria border a few days later. They were immediately successful in what can be a tough fishery. The fish just loved them and they easily outfished my usual patterns. 

Back at the vice I began to push the technique further to see how it could be adapted to other patterns. The Fuzzle Grub and Fuzzle Bugger were born as early experiments. Some Fuzzle Buggers sent to Neil Grose proved to be great early-season searching flies on several Tasmanian lakes. The Fuzzle Fish is still evolving, as is the Fuzzle Nymph. "

WHY ALL THE FUSS?

"What’s so different about this technique that has me so excited, and what effects does it produce in the flies?

First, it is a very simple technique to use. Some people have trouble achieving tapered fly bodies using dubbing applied to the tying thread. In fuzzling the dubbing is not in effect the body, but more like a fuzzy halo around the body.

The body can be formed using chenille, Crystal Chenille, Crazy Lace, wool, wire or some other string-like stuff, then the dubbing is applied to this and teased up after the body is formed. Using this method you can produce flies with a three-dimensional transparent effect: it is almost holographic. Not every dubbing produces the same effect. I have found the synthetics to be most suited to this technique, and wanted a material that becomes transparent in the water, so Fuzzle Dub was created.

Using a dark coloured chenille and a lighter coloured dubbing to make flies like Woolly Buggers, you get a two-toned effect that when wet will change during the retrieve. As the lighter coloured dubbing touches the darker chenille, the more dominant colour will take over. These subtle colour changes add a degree of life that I’ve not seen before."

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