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Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Fluoro & Natural Dispenser

Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Fluoro & Natural Dispenser

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KapokFluoro&NaturalDispenser

KapokFluoroandNaturalDispenserablendofnaturalandfluorocoloursforhotspottinganditistheultimateindubbingforyourfishingfliesasitisverybuoyant–indeeditisknownaslifejacketsforflies!KapokisanaturalhollowfibrethatwhenKapokDryFlyDubbingMayflyDispenserisdubbedintosplitthreaditretainsitsbuoyancyandwillhelpyourdryfliesfloatbetterthananyothernaturaldubbing-itisHalfthethicknessofsuperfinedubbing!

Sometyersrefertoitas‘instantmolesfur’or‘molesfurindifferentcolours’asitsrathersimilarwithaveryshortfibre.Itisabsolutelyidealfortinydriyfliesandgreatfornymphs.Itprovidesperfectdefinitiononsmallfliesinsteadofan‘explosion’ofbulkytraditionaldubbingonasmallhook.

Kapok(Ceibapentandra)isanaturalfibre,ithasbeenavailableformanyyearsgrowingthroughoutthetropicswhereitiscultivatedforitsfibres.Itisamoisture-resistant,quickdrying,resilient,andbuoyantfibreandweighsonlyone-eighthasmuchascotton.Kapokhashistoricallybeenusedinlifejacketsandlifeboats,supportingasmuchas30timesitsownweightinwater.

TraditionallyKapokisverydifficulttodyehowevertheteamatSemperflihavebeenworkingwithcomputerbaseddyingmachinerywhichhasenabledittobulkdyeKapokDryFlyDubbingMayflyDispenserwithrepeatablecolourseverytime.WithKapokDryFlyDubbingMayflyDispenserfibresbuoyancyislostslowly,testshaveleftitfordaysintestbathsanditveryslowlyoverdaysabsorbswater.

OurKapokdubbingincludingKapokDryFlyDubbingMayflyDispenseravailableinarangeofhotfluorospotandverynatural/earthydubbingcolorshavebeendefinedtoproducethebestdryflydubbingavailableinthemarket.

IndividualKapokDryFlyDubbingMayflyDispenserfibresareonaverage1.8cm/0.7”,withdiametersof30to36micrometres(amicrometreisabout0.00004inch)makingitfinerthaneventhesmallestsuperfinedubbing,indeedHalfthethicknessofsuperfinedubbingsonthemarketbutwithitsuniqueextremebuoyancy.

Thiscomesinourlowprofiledubbingboxes.Eachcompartmentcontainsthesameamountofdubbingthatyougetinastandarddubbingdispenser.

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