10-24-2008, 06:04 PM
Mac, I wonder if we're talking about the same thing?
Dapping is a technique whereby you have a fly and just enough leader out to touch the fly (i.e., dap it) on the surface.
It's usually used in brushy, overgrown situations where there's no room for a cast. But you can reach through a hole in the foliage with the rod and short leader.
Its application here would be to reach across the rocks and dap the fly in the holding water.
If I'm in a belly boat or other craft there's usually room for a back-cast. Except, of course, on Quake Lake where everybody is trolling. [
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Brook
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Dapping is a technique whereby you have a fly and just enough leader out to touch the fly (i.e., dap it) on the surface.
It's usually used in brushy, overgrown situations where there's no room for a cast. But you can reach through a hole in the foliage with the rod and short leader.
Its application here would be to reach across the rocks and dap the fly in the holding water.
If I'm in a belly boat or other craft there's usually room for a back-cast. Except, of course, on Quake Lake where everybody is trolling. [
]Brook
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