Your favorite dragon/damsel nymphs ?

[Nicolas Goles 0]

Hi guys, I have been cracking my head :wallbash: hard for a week or so trying to find some good (effective) damsel and dragon nymph patterns with tying instructions or something to fish still waters for Rainbows .

 

Could you guys post your favorites with some recipes / pictures ?

 

I would really appreciate it!!

 

Thanks!!

 

[Old Hat 0]

This is one of my most productive patterns for lakes with damsels. It is just ostrich with a wire rib and bead head. The tail is the ostrich tips, adjust the color by the amount of each color ostrich feather you use, and make a few extra turns of only the darkest color behind the bead. I adjust the color to try and blend in with the vegetation I'm fishing. This usually means a combination of greens, browns, yellows, and black. This one uses four ostrich herls 2 green and 2 brown. Try your best not to tie down any fibers when you wrap the wire rib. A very simple fly with a lot of movement, tied to catch fish not for the tyer. Cast and let it sink. Fish it with short strips in an upward movement, let it rest and sink a bit, then give a few short strips up again. Work it slow.

 

I have also had a lot of luck with it in rivers and streams as a small generic bugger. ??????

 

[Nicolas Goles 0]

This is one of my most productive patterns for lakes with damsels. It is just ostrich with a wire rib and bead head. The tail is the ostrich tips, adjust the color by the amount of each color ostrich feather you use, and make a few extra turns of only the darkest color behind the bead. I adjust the color to try and blend in with the vegetation I'm fishing. This usually means a combination of greens, browns, yellows, and black. This one uses four ostrich herls 2 green and 2 brown. Try your best not to tie down any fibers when you wrap the wire rib. A very simple fly with a lot of movement, tied to catch fish not for the tyer. Cast and let it sink. Fish it with short strips in an upward movement, let it rest and sink a bit, then give a few short strips up again. Work it slow.

 

I have also had a lot of luck with it in rivers and streams as a small generic bugger. ??????

 

 

That one looks really nice , there's one that we use a lot in Chile called "Saint Dragon" I think I will make a tutorial about it , it's an amazing search pattern for still waters.

 

Maybe I could do a tutorial of how to tie it, it's really easy and it's an awesome fly.

 

I would love to see other people flies.

[RJD31 0]

The following is a link to a pattern that is easy to tie as well as being productive.

 

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/b...ners/part14.php

 

Ron

 

[carlp5351 0]

Here is a very simple damsel nymph pattern. Very effective pattern

 

 

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...cfm?parentID=87

 

 

 

carlp

[smallieFanatic 0]

the best i've ever used is a fly i call the bucktail Damsel

can't get a pic but heres the recipe:

 

Thread: black

Hook: no. 4-6

 

Eyes: folded pheasant fibers

Wings: light bluish green bucktail

Body: a clumb of dark blue bucktail and light blue blue bucktail tied in clouser-style over the eyes and wings (don't clip the ends, they make the tail)

 

Tail: same stuff as the body wrap your thread up the tail and back again to the shank, making a tight bucktail cord

 

hope this helps

 

 

[Futzer 0]

Hello Nicolas, I have two killer damsel nymphs and one adult damsel pattern for you, I will tie them Saturday and post pics and recipes. My nymphs are extended body ones.

 

Cheers, Futzer.

[Lennart 0]

This is one of my most productive patterns for lakes with damsels. It is just ostrich with a wire rib and bead head. The tail is the ostrich tips, adjust the color by the amount of each color ostrich feather you use, and make a few extra turns of only the darkest color behind the bead. I adjust the color to try and blend in with the vegetation I'm fishing. This usually means a combination of greens, browns, yellows, and black. This one uses four ostrich herls 2 green and 2 brown. Try your best not to tie down any fibers when you wrap the wire rib. A very simple fly with a lot of movement, tied to catch fish not for the tyer. Cast and let it sink. Fish it with short strips in an upward movement, let it rest and sink a bit, then give a few short strips up again. Work it slow.

 

I have also had a lot of luck with it in rivers and streams as a small generic bugger. ??????

 

Hi Old Hat.

I look often on Your patterns. They always look real good and they give me a lot of inspiration here in sweden. Your damsel are :headbang:

 

Lennart

[Old Hat 0]

Well, thank you Lennart. That is what is so attractive about this site to me also. So many great tyers and flies to supply an unlimited source of inspiration.

 

It is funny that this fly is so simple, but seems to work everywhere. It started with a damsel pattern that was much more complicated. For fishing purposes, I always start with a pattern and through a series of fishing outings and tying at the desk I try to figure what attributes are the triggers and drop the "extras" to get to the most simple pattern as possible. So what are the triggers for damsels? In my opinion, size, color, balance/action in the water which includes a hinging effect when swimming and lightly weighted to allow it to sink but not too fast.