Sorry about another book info request but needs must they say. I have today become the proud owner of a dapping rod formely owned by a fellow forumite and as such feel that I fhould really do some resaerch before venturing out in the new season.

So from random I have come up with this book as a possible tutorial and would welcome any comment that fellow anglers may like to make who have read or experienced this book.

If there is another more informative publication I would love to know.

Cheers in advance

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Never seen a book on Dapping, don't believe there is one? But I'll share what I know with pleasure. First you need a long rod, 15' is good. Next you need to hire a boat on a goodly Lough, Corrib/Mask being fave. Timing is particularly imp-mayfly time being best.
You need to buy a thing called a blow line. It's a flossy thing, bit like dubbing and quite broad to catch the wind. Thinks it's only 'flossy' for 15-20 feet.

Ok...attatch your bug and hold the rod high and let wind (oh, windy day only) take the fly (bushy) and just let it all kinda float away on the wind. It will land somewhere with gentleness. Once landed flick it occasionally to make it fly again...it's a real hoot. Trout go mad for this approach if all is good. Soon as you see the lot sail out and drift in the wind you will know instinctively what to do next-you will!

If you want to enter the top league of Dappers you need to build yourself a 'Mayfly Box' and catch live ones to be used at your discretion. Two at once is popular-if one dies...

Also you can play the same game with Daddies, mmm.

Irish showed me, like them real fun

I used to have a wonderful video of them doing it on Lough Arrow Loopy.
Unfortunately, I lent it to a pirrock, and he ruined it, otherwise I would have sent it to you.
As Chris says, it looks great, and so natural to the fish, you need to dap your fly in the foam lanes, often produced by the boat, the fish will be hanging there looking for food.
I know a man on here that has this video, but he can't find it either, eh sewinbasher.
S.

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Expect big trout, be ready. Lots of backing. You don't need a book, lift it high and let it fly...touch like a baby and up she goes...floats. Corrib waits

Thanks for the advice there chaps and Mr T a pity about that vid!

So going back to the book written by Robert H. Boyle and published in
by Stackpole

Has anyone read it?

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Chris,
my guess is the Boyle book covers an US perspective on dapping ,and they dont do drifting boats the way we do ,thats just a guess!
Dapping floss ,Steve Parton will supply ,or if you can wait I have some spare some where
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As to books on dapping , I think there is a short chapter in a few of my salmon books ,will have a book shelf surf later today !
Think Falkus has a few thoughts in either the seatrout or salmon book !

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Winter grayling taking a year off !
Claret not just a great dubbing colour!

I do a fair but of dapping. You can dap all sorts of natural insects and trout will take them, believe it or believe it not even bumble bees! yes that is true bumble bees. I did not use them myself but i have seen it done many years ago.

Everyone thinks of mayfly, and dapping mayfly is, generally speaking, far more effective than wet or dry fly methods. Many times i have been in a boat where one angler daps and the other fishes with wets or dries and the dap wins 90% of the time.
Other insects include daddy long legs, grasshoppers and even pet shop bought crickets. Grasshoppers are very good for seatrout. On lough Corrib salmon will take dapped blue damsel flies, its an old tradition. Every year a few grilse are caught by anglers dapping mayfly for trout. Trout will also take a 'cocktail' or combination of two daddies and a grasshopper on the hook together. It can be great for bigger trout.

Dapping is not as easy as it appears. It is quite important to keep the leader off the waters surface, sounds easy but during a good wind and rolling wave it is a skill to master. People who think there is little or no skill in dapping are very wrong. Good dappers will 'shiver' and draw the fly across the surface increasing its attractiveness again not easy to do as you might think.

Be sure to use a light main clear mono or co-polymer line about 6lbs or so and attach 7-10 foot of the blow line to it, tie it onto the main line. Then below the blowlline about 5-6 foot of a leader and finally a size 12 single hook. There are no hard and fast rules you have to get a set up that suits you so the length of leader will depend upon wind strength and how you fish.
Hope this helps.

There is a useful little booklet with a Scottish slant

The Art Dapping by J Johnston Mann published in 1986

Brings back memories of those days when numerous Sea-trout and Salmon ran into those lochs on the west coast of Scotland--now just a shadow!
T

ACW

No Worries.

Cheers

Cax

Sounds as if there is a a lot of trial and error but could be fun.

Ta!

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Farmer - I'll look it out.

Thanks

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