Semperfli Kapok Dry Fly Dub Mayfly

Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Mayfly Dispenser is the ultimate in dubbing for
your fishing flies as it is very buoyant – indeed it is known as life
jackets for flies! Kapok is a natural hollow fibre that when Kapok Dry
Fly Dubbing Mayfly Dispenser is dubbed into split thread it retains its
buoyancy and will help your dry flies float better than any other
natural dubbing- it is half the thickness of superfine dubbing!

Some
tyers refer to it as ‘instant moles fur’ or ‘moles fur in different
colours’ as its rather similar with a very short fibre. It is
absolutely ideal for tiny driy flies and great for nymphs. It provides
perfect definition on small flies instead of an ‘explosion’ of bulky
traditional dubbing on a small hook.

Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) is a
natural fibre, it has been available for many years growing throughout
the tropics where it is cultivated for its fibres. It is a
moisture-resistant, quick drying, resilient, and buoyant fibre and
weighs only one-eighth as much as cotton. Kapok has historically been
used in life jackets and life boats, supporting as much as 30 times its
own weight in water.

Traditionally Kapok is very difficult to dye
however the team at Semperfli have been working with computer based
dying machinery which has enabled it to bulk dye Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing
Mayfly Dispenser with repeatable colours every time. With Kapok Dry Fly
Dubbing Mayfly Dispenser buoyancy is lost slowly, tests have left it for
days in test baths and it very slowly over days absorbs water.

Our
Kapok dubbing including Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Mayfly Dispenser
available in a range of very natural / earthy dubbing colors have been
defined to produce the best dry fly dubbing available in the market.

Individual
Kapok Dry Fly Dubbing Mayfly Dispenser fibres are on average
1.8cm/0.7”, with diameters of 30 to 36 micrometres (a micrometre is
about 0.00004 inch) making it finer than even the smallest superfine
dubbing, indeed HALF the thickness of superfine dubbings on the market
but with its unique extreme buoyancy.

This comes in our low
profile dubbing boxes. Each compartment contains the same amount of
dubbing that you get in a standard dubbing dispenser.