Dragon Flys

[L. B. Fly Tyer 0]

Hi, any of you guys know good dragon fly patterns? I tried making one out of foam and buck tail and it somewhat resembles one but It is one very messy tie. Also do you know any good wing materials for dragonfly's?

[RickZieger 0]

This is what I use. Came from a blue pot holder at a dollar store.

Wings are white Congo hair.

 

 

[flytire 0]

heres a good one from charlie craven

 

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=127

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=dragonfly+pattern&biw=1600&bih=770&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-neXu6pHQAhWm3oMKHdEzDH4Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=dragonfly+fly+pattern

[Kentuckysteve 0]

This is a damselfly i ted using punch yarn and bucktail.Used mono for eyes and stretched cassette tape for the legs.Sharpie to paint stripes on body.

 

 

[Bimini15 0]

I like this one:

https://youtu.be/s_GHv6NlCZ8

[Kudu 0]

KySteve

Awesome!

I'm a Kentuckian as well! Pulaski County.

[Kentuckysteve 0]

KySteve

Awesome!

I'm a Kentuckian as well! Pulaski County.

 

Ha! Thanks.

 

Boyle County here.Were not too far apart. You're pretty close to Cumberland Lake then.

[JSzymczyk 0]

in 40-some years of fishing and watching water-creatures, I have yet to actually see a fish eat an adult dragonfly. Not saying it doesn't happen, or these flies won't catch fish. I've seen many times fish take adult damselflies, and dragonfly nymphs, and of course damselfly nymphs.

[Bimini15 0]

My biggest peacock bass to date came on a foam dragonfly, but I can't disagree with you. It was a foul hookup and I think the fish was trying to chase it away rather than taking it.

[Moshup 0]

Very nice fly Kentucky.

[Moshup 0]

in 40-some years of fishing and watching water-creatures, I have yet to actually see a fish eat an adult dragonfly. Not saying it doesn't happen, or these flies won't catch fish. I've seen many times fish take adult damselflies, and dragonfly nymphs, and of course damselfly nymphs.

If we were talking about LMB I've seen them take adult dragon flys a number of times.

[Kentuckysteve 0]

Very nice fly Kentucky.

 

Thank's.

[mikechell 0]

in 40-some years of fishing and watching water-creatures, I have yet to actually see a fish eat an adult dragonfly.

This topic has come up before ... and my comment then mirrored JS' here. Still haven't seen a fish eat a dragon fly ... even when there's a dying one on the water.

But, just for fun, I did tie some up a couple of years ago.

Didn't take any pictures, as they were ugly. Plastic bead chain eyes tied in at the front, followed by a foam punch out from blue flip flops. Congo Hair sewed through the foam for wings. Furled nylon cord for the tail, Sharpie'd to the appropriate colors.

 

Caught a couple of bluegill on one ... I doubt they mistook it for a dragon fly ... just something edible. But it was a pain to cast, and spun through the air so bad the fly "worked" itself, moving towards me as the leader furled up. Ruined my mono leader, and I've never fished them since.

[Moshup 0]

http://www.noflyrodneeded.com/why-the-dragonfly-for-bass.html

[bowfin47 0]

Mike, It seems to depend upon where you are in the country..

 

Like you I have only very rarely seen a bass hit an adult dragonfly, but my friends in Texas tell me that it is a very "regular occurrence" in the "tanks" (ponds) of central Texas. I have also read that in those tanks, dragonflies, both dragon fly naiads (nymphs) and adults make up a much higher percentage of the diet of a bass than in many other areas of the country.

 

These same folks often tie and fish adult dragon flies with success. The very best nymphs and adults that I have ever seen were pattern tied by Mike Huffman (Mike works for Bss Pro) and the late Michael Verduin.

 

I will try to take a picture of one of Michael's adult Q T Dragonflies, but in the meantime here is Verduin's West Texas Dragon Fly Nymph:

 

Enjoy!

 

Bowfin47

 

PS

 

This is also a n excellent video on how to "weave" a fly!