DAPPING - anyone ever done it?

I am going to try something new this year (dapping)- wondering if any of you guys ever did it. For those who haven't heard of it, it's an old fishing style from Ireland/Scotland that lets you fish flies with spinning gear.
 
The basic gist of it is, you use a very long rod, (I picked up a 10' crappie rod, others use much longer ones) and about 6' of special line that catches the wind and skips the dry fly along the surface. (Bob Church's Breeze Floss). You tie on a couple feet of mono and tie the fly onto that (I bought some of Fran Betters' flies, custom made for Adirondacks). The fly is the only thing that's supposed to hit the water so you can use a fairly strong mono. It's imperative to have a good breeze and water open enough to maneuver in.
 
In theory, it sounds pretty good,  I'm thinking this may work well on ponds for trout or bass. There are some articles on dapping online if you google it.  Anybody ever done this and could give advice?

Hiya Dano-
 
I'm admit I'm pretty ignorant about flies... is there a way to treat these flies I have, like with a special spray or something? I imagine silicone would turn off the fish bigtime. I imagine you want bigger flies just so you can see them, any types you would recommend? Mine are in the 12-14 size.  I'm sure I will need lots of practice to get anything close to the way it's supposed to be done, but what the hey, I'm up for it. 
In the small streams, did you use the same setup but with a trout rod? Maybe I could try that this weekend.  
                                                  Thanks a lot!  - Yank

NY Yank:
why don't you just use a flyrod?
i can understand spinning gear if you are nymphing or swinging flies sub-surface
something i have and is done quite often
 
but you seem to be talking dry flies
other than buying special equipment just for that purpose, what are you looking to gain
if it having fun and being happy than i guess it's worth it
 
fly floantant such as Loon ,Gink or Muclin all work well
apply before your fly gets wet.....
 
 

i guess april early hatch of quils/ hendriksons will be history once again for the most part.. in fact most flies will be tough fishing after such flooding. Every time i experienced bad hatches after these mt. floods rip and vaccum alot of the aquatic insects trout forage on.. Every major flood we had(i experienced three last 5 years, that were suppose to be 100 year floods ) everyone of those floods had serious impact on stream fishing conditions in all region 5 and this flood will certainly ruin another season if it melts and floods with rain. Just too many major 100 year floods in such short period of time. I'm hoping everyone is safe and prepared for these flood warnings.