Wet fly

Claret & Black Dabbler

Irish lough Dabbler

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A Dabbler in claret and black — the Dabbler series uses a palmered hackle swept back and covered by a flat wing, creating a pattern that sits low and mobile. Born on the Irish loughs but just as at home on Scottish lochs, where it's a confidence bob fly in a good wave.

Fish this when

Late spring and summer on Irish and Scottish loughs and lochs alike, during sedge and olive hatches. On the bob of a drifting cast in a good wave, dibbled hard at the end of each drift.

Why it works

The Dabbler's flat-swept hackle creates a different silhouette from conventional palmered wets — it sits lower, moves differently, and draws fish that ignore ordinary wets.

Naturals it imitates