Re: Dabbler Question
Hi Eddie. Personal preference mate. There's always more than one way to skin a cat. I use a method which is almost a cross between the two methods shown by Finney and McPhail.
Firstly, McPhail's 'Macaw Dabbler' isn't really a dabbler at all... it's a standard wet with a 'rolled' wing... so not much learned there about tying dabblers.
Laurence Finney's clip demonstrates the effect we're actually after, by 'cloaking' the fly with the bronze mallard. There are as many different ways to achieve this effect as there are Dabbler styles. Laurences is typically Irish - 'fully cloaked', wild and free-flowing! I tie and use a few similar to Laurence's version, but generally I tie my wing/cloak a little shorter and only cloaked 2/3rds, with a 'beard' of bronze mallard below the eye.
So, a quick SBS.... I take a narrower initial strip than demonstrated in the videos (about 2 cms) then using a similar technique shown in McPhail's video, I fold, or 'roll' the bottom and top 3rds into the centre, then fold this in half. You then in effect have four layers of mallard. Then using Finney's method, offer it up to your side of the hook and tie in, using the 'torque' of the thread to splay the mallard around the top two thirds of the fly. Apply two good, thight thread wraps, then fine-tune with yer thumb nail!
If I want a sparser, lighter Dabbler then I'll use a slightly narrower initial strip and roll or fold it once, simply in half.
Hope that helps, Ed.
Last edited by Scratch; 07-11-2011 at 04:00 PM.
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