Jackie Mahon writes from his blog at jackiemahonfliesandguiding.com…
Over the closed season Jackie Mahon will be posting a pattern per week for fishing on Irish Lough’s. 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 Lough’s.
Claret Dabbler
The Claret Dabbler would be one of my most popular flies to tie over the winter months, I nearly always give one a swim on my cast of flies during the day.
Dressing standard Dabbler
Hook : Fulling Mills heavyweight 10s,12s
Thread: Black Uni 8/0
Tail : Pheasant tail
Rib : Oval Gold
Body : Claret seal’s fur
Body : Hackle Claret cock
Wing : Bronze Mallard cloaked
Claret Dabbler Variant Arrow
For this one I used the new dubbing range from Fulling Mills, which will be launched next year. I was asked to tie a range of wet fly and dry fly 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 .
Dressing
- Hook: Fulling Mills heavyweight 10s and 12s
- Tag: No 4 Globrite
- Thread: Uni 8/0 Black
- Rib: Red Wire
- Dubbing: Fulling Mills Claret
- Body Hackle: Blood Claret
- Under wing: Pearl Twinkle
- Wing: Bronze Mallard
- Cheeks: Red Holographic
Go fishing…
You can purchase some of my patterns in the new Fulling Mills brochure for 2023 which will be out soon.
For guided fishing please do not hesitate to contact me as there are still some dates available for 2023.
