Over the closed season I will be posting a pattern per week for fishing on Irish Loughs. This will include flies for Brown Trout, Seatrout and Salmon. This week's tying is the Claret Dabbler.
The Dabbler is definitely one of the most popular Irish patterns to have on your cast here in Ireland. For visiting anglers coming to Ireland it's definitely a must for your fly box for Irish Loughs.The Claret Dabbler would be one of my most popular flies to tye over the winter months, I nearly always give one a swim on my cast of flies during the day.
Standard Claret Irish Dabbler
For the Claret Dabbler Variant for Lough Arrow, I used the new dubbing range from Fulling Mills, which will be launched next year. I was asked to tye a range of wet flies and dry flies with the new range of colours.
This variant has caught plenty of fish for my clients over the last few months of the season on Lough Arrow and Lough Melvin.
The dubbing definitely added a bit of life to the fly.
Claret Dabbler Variant for Lough Arrow
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Tight lines,
Jackie Mahon