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Those are nice looking flies. I can see those in the water, they'll look just like a water logged damsel. Which brings up a point I've been meaning to ask. Sorry to Highjack your thread, PWB ... but this is an itch I need to scratch. And before I ask this question, be assured, I love the flies.

In all my years of fishing, I've seen plenty of damsel flies and dragon flies on the water, dipping to the surface, mating near the surface on reed, etc. and generally all over the "strike zone". I do not recall ever seeing a fish eat one.

Do any of you actually fish these flies, and get hits?

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Those are nice looking flies. I can see those in the water, they'll look just like a water logged damsel. Which brings up a point I've been meaning to ask. Sorry to Highjack your thread, PWB ... but this is an itch I need to scratch. And before I ask this question, be assured, I love the flies.

In all my years of fishing, I've seen plenty of damsel flies and dragon flies on the water, dipping to the surface, mating near the surface on reed, etc. and generally all over the "strike zone". I do not recall ever seeing a fish eat one.

Do any of you actually fish these flies, and get hits?

You betcha Mike I would fish these beauties anytime I see the blue damsels near the water! The bream and the bass love em, have a floating version and a sinking version in the box.

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Those are nice looking flies. I can see those in the water, they'll look just like a water logged damsel. Which brings up a point I've been meaning to ask. Sorry to Highjack your thread, PWB ... but this is an itch I need to scratch. And before I ask this question, be assured, I love the flies.

In all my years of fishing, I've seen plenty of damsel flies and dragon flies on the water, dipping to the surface, mating near the surface on reed, etc. and generally all over the "strike zone". I do not recall ever seeing a fish eat one.

Do any of you actually fish these flies, and get hits?

My 3 biggest bluegills including a 14 1/2" have came on that exact same pattern!!

 

Yes it will get waterlogged if let sit long enough in water but if you watch watch the real damsel fly does, it touch and go. So keep an eye out for where they may be in the weed lines and cast it in the area and count a few seconds and lift the fly to recast.

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Yes Mike i have caught many bass and bluegills on these. They will take on water after a while and sink some but I often will coat the foam with a coating of Softex using a toothpick or bodkin and that seals the foam somewhat so they will float quite a bit longer. I do the same thing to some other patterns such as the STP Frog. Most of the dragons around the two ponds I fish most are blue ones but I have had good success with yellow in this pattern with a tan tail. Never have seen a live one like that but hey......if the bass will hit it I will tie it that way. LOL

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PWB, those look great! That tail looks like some kind of mono braid; I've seen it in larger sizes but not that small. Does it have a name I could look up?

 

Kirk

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Kirk , the package says.....ADULT DAMSEL BODY BLUE . It is sold by Hareline Dubbin Inc. I have it in blue, tan, and green. I picked them up a couple years ago at Gander Mountain. It's single piece you cut to length you want.

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It a heavy dacron line that can be colored up any color you want. Look for white but it is hard to find tho.

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I tie one that looks almost identical to the one pictured but I use a craft foam tail that is 2mm square. I put a needle in the vise jaws and I tie the foam to the needle in several places creating a segmented tail. I have them in both blue and green because I have seen both on the water. The wierd thing is I have never put one in the water so I can't say if they work. I just like the way they looked and had to tie a few.

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That's a good looking tie! Adult damsels are a good choice on any still water, and although I haven't tried them on running water yet, I believe they'd work there too since I see damsels around streams and rivers too.

 

When the fly sinks, work it a while. They even work subsurface. I don't add wings to mine anymore, it's quicker and doesn't seem to have reduced the number of strikes.

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Good looking fly. I've seen some pretty big largemouth blast dragon flys when they dip down onto the surface, usually in lily pads.

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Those flies are very common here in Central Texas. I really like your rendition & have always wanted to tie some, I

Believe now is the time. Thanks for the inspiration smile.png

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Very nice ties! That is the predominant color in my area though i will occasionally run across some cinnamon colored ones....Years ago i was fishing a pond in my bellyboat using a similiar pattern and actually hooked a LM bass about 12 inches long on my backcast when it dipped a little low....he hit that fly about a foot above the water....another time I was wading a river and on the far bank I saw what appeared to be a damsel fly hatch coming off...there were dozens of damsels hanging on the weed stalks near the shore drying their wings and every now/then one would gt blown off the stalk and hit the water and would immediately get slurped up.....I tied the biggest dry fly on that I could find in my box and cast just above the weedline and let my fly drift down thru the channel right where I had seen the rising fish and hooked into what I beleive was a good size carp....I never did see the fish, but he fought like other carp i have caught...one run uostream and then turned 180 deg. and shot downstream thru my legs faster than i could strip line..wrapped around my legs and off......

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