Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Fluoro & Natural Dispenser
Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Fluoro & Natural Dispenser
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.