Fishing The Fly Scotland
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Always fancied doing a bit of dapping. A pal recently showed me how successful it can on the right day. He reckons that a better quality of fish can be tempted by this method - he should know, being head bailiff on a premier 'top of the water' reservoir.
So I started looking for a dapping rod and was not impressed with what was available, so I have bought a 6m telescopic pole and will whip rings on myself. I have plenty of rings and real fittings in stock so a £17 pole is not a lot to experiment with.
Perhaps Mike could stock dapping floss so that we can buy confidently from someone that knows his stuff?
Advice/experiences appreciated. TC
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Mike doesn't know his stuff when it comes to dapping :z8
Hamish on the other hand ......................................
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Advice/experiences appreciated. TC
Be interesting to see how you get on :z16 I find most of the rods marketed as 'dapping' rods are just too brutal these days, on a suggestion from a chum I tried a telecopic 'bolognese' rod and haven't looked back since.
Bit of advice #1 - only use a rod length of dapping floss, no longer.
Bit of advice #2 - use a short 'leader' of around 18 inches.
Bit of advice #3 - use monofilament behind the dapping floss, I use stuff in the 20lb range - you want it to 'fly' but not be too soft.
Bit of advice #4 - there's not such a thing as too big a dapping fly :wink
Bit of advice #5 - never, ever skimp on materials for dapping flies.
Bit of advice #6 - sod anything you've read or heard, if you see a fish turn on the fly...... STRIKE :! :! :! :!
H :cool:
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Always fancied doing a bit of dapping. A pal recently showed me how successful it can on the right day. He reckons that a better quality of fish can be tempted by this method - he should know, being head bailiff on a premier 'top of the water' reservoir.
So I started looking for a dapping rod and was not impressed with what was available, so I have bought a 6m telescopic pole and will whip rings on myself. I have plenty of rings and real fittings in stock so a £17 pole is not a lot to experiment with.
Perhaps Mike could stock dapping floss so that we can buy confidently from someone that knows his stuff?
Advice/experiences appreciated. TC
Agreed, most dapping rods are cheap rubbish, however, Shimano do a range of rods that are suitable called "Bolognese" rods...no, honest, that's what they are called :) They start at about £50 up to well over £200. They even do one specifically for trout. http://www.shimano-eu.com/content/eu/en/Home/products0/rods/telescopic/catana-dx-trout-gt.html or rhe full range here http://www.shimano-eu.com/content/eu/en/Home/products0/rods/telescopic.html
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Used to Gillie at the Loch Maree hotel it was very popular there, some guests had a Bruce and walker Dapping rod, others had a Shakespeare Telescopic and some used their salmon rods ,the original rods seemed to Be whole cane, with a Built cane tip, some of the guests used 4mm nylon ribbon instead of floss, I got some Polypropylene floss which was better than the nylon stuff,the Nylon floss deteriorated fairly quickly in the sun we tested some at only 6lbs BS after a couple of weeks use,what Hamish says about the lengths is right, I always thought it had been invented by gillies that were fed up with flies whizzing about their ears, I was in a boat when the Bow fisher put a fly in the arm of the stern fisher, over my head, it's not something I would want to do easgach 1