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Stinger Damsel New Pattern Database Submission

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#1 smallieFanatic

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 12:07 AM

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by WetMaster:

Stinger Damsel

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#2 smallieFanatic

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 12:08 AM

I finally perfected my damsel imitation. I can't wait to try it out!

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 12:17 PM

Nice! I'll have to give it a try as well. The Big bluegill come straight up out of the water to catch these guys in July and August. They typically splash us when we're out in our Kayaks.

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 01:52 PM

Looks good

I'm gonna have to tie some up for the bass. I always see them jumping for dragonflies and damselflies at the lake I fish.

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#5 smallieFanatic

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 04:40 PM

Hey thanks, yup towards late June bass will start 'splatting' for damsels and dragons over here.

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#6 JSzymczyk

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Posted 16 March 2009 - 07:08 PM

that's a cool fly. My son and I were just watching blue damsels in our canoe this past saturday. They were very plentiful, and the dragons have also started eclosing. We watched several dragon nymphs climbing up cypress trunks and the adults coming out. Some of them were the big Blue Darners and the nymphs are absolutely HUGE, they almost look like a baby turtle. Anyhow, the blue damsels I see here in the south are very small- the abdomen would be about the diameter of 5 or 6 strands of bucktail. I know panfish feed heavily on the nymphs.

If I was an "expert" people would be paying me to do this stuff. I just like to do what works.

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Posted 28 March 2009 - 06:26 PM

i always liked using damsels or grasshoppers or ants i always catch something and if i dont i just soice up the cololr like a flurocent pink foam dragon fly with polly yarn with some pearl kyrstal flash for wings and maybe some hackle for legs it gets the big bluegills in my creek bitting lol