What it is
The Montana Fly Co Dubbing Brush is a tool for making custom dubbing brushes at the vise. It’s built with sturdy construction and an ergonomic design so you can twist and control materials into a consistent brush you can wrap on a hook.
What to tie with it
Use it to build your own dubbing brushes and tapered brushes, then wrap them as bodies, collars, or shaggy shoulders on flies. It’s a go-to approach for fast, repeatable buggy profiles on nymphs and streamers, and it also lets you spin up finer brushes for dry-fly and emergers when you want a tighter, more controlled dubbing job.
Flies and the fish they're for
Custom tapered dubbing brushes are commonly used to build the bodies on articulated “Game Changer” style streamers, which are fished for predatory fish like largemouth and smallmouth bass in lakes and rivers, and also for trout when they’re keyed on bigger baitfish. The same brush-making technique applies to classic dry flies tied with dubbed bodies and hackle-tip wings, the kind of patterns trout anglers fish on freestone rivers, spring creeks, and tailwaters when fish are taking adults on top.