I found a better retailer for the Angelina (“Ice Dub”) fibers, Joggles.com features a better color selection of the “straight cut” Angelina, and the price is a buck cheaper.
These are half ounce packages, which is equivalent to about 4 packages of Ice Dub, featured at $3.75 per half ounce. 36 colors are available as well as some quarter ounce sampler packs.
I picked up another dozen colors, mostly the “hot” steelhead variety.
I spent part of the weekend dying hare’s masks and beaver pelts to build some nymph dubbing blends, tossing a little Angelina into each blend will add some needed sparkle.
I was eyeballing the “Angelina” film as a likely Czech nymph shellback material, these are pearlescent sheets of Angelina similar to mylar with the Angelina color scheme – still scratching my chin over this one. The film is listed with the dubbing material at the above link.
Update: See the latest post on Angelina for information on the “soft crimp” flavor, this is what you’re looking for if you want the Ice Dub you’re used to buying at the fly shop.
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I just got some Angelina fibers from Joggles…wanting to make Ice Dub..the trouble is it needs to be cut so it’s hard to get it uniform..and it doesn’t mix well with some materials….I wonder what Hareline does to create Ice Dub….it sure seems to handle better and be more uniform….also they have created some very nice color combos.
I’ve been puzzling with this as well, it’s the same fiber but Ice Dub is “crinkled” and trimmed into short lengths.
I have gotten Angelina in three different flavors so far; straight, hot melt, and crinkled (also called Crystilina). What I can’t get is a decent manufacturers catalog of all the different flavors it’s available in (as well as a complete list of colors) … The company web site offers zero help.
I trim the Angelina into the short lengths and mix it with natural fur (rabbit, muskrat, beaver, etc.) – which makes it very managable.
I’m working on the manufacturer now – attempting to get a catalog of their offerings.
The “Crimped” Crystilina is much more coarse and a larger fiber size, just like the stuff they use on the “flashabou” chenille.
I’ll pass on what I find shortly.
I am trying to get the soft crimp and “deckle” version to test, it has to be one of those.
“Angelina® fibers are available in a straight, deckle or soft crimp version. Due to the completely flat crimp, more light is reflected creating a subtle glittering or jeweled effect depending on denier used.”
OK, I found the stuff by contacting the manufacturer. It’s called “Soft Crimp” Angelina – and the Ice Dub folks have chopped it into smaller fragments.
The vendor sent me samples of the 2″ product, carve it into 1″ segments and you’ve got Ice Dub – it dubs much better on thread than straight cut or other Angelina flavors.