dragonflies everywhere

[flyandtie]

Flyandtie--

Post it! I'm always up for a new dragonfly pattern.

Here you go!!


RECIPE:
HOOK:TIEMCO NYMPH(BARBLESS USED)#10
THREAD:BLACK 8/0
BODY:white dacron fly-line backing colored blue then put black stripes on.(with a sharpie)
TAIL:same as body, except burn the end of the backing to keep it from fraying.
WINGS:Sparkle emerger yarn, TAN
WINGCASE:TAN FOAM, pulled over.

I totally thought up this pattern on my own!
treat it with floatant and it works great.

hope you like it!!

[TomTrout]

Got to put my 02 in. You can get foam at any craft shop or the craft section of your local mega-mart. Many fly shops sell preformed foam bodies. I use mostly white and artist pens for color. You can also use Bucktail tied as an extended body Para Drake for these flies with a dubbed Thorax or for a real light body try a piece of Braided line cut to length and then colored. For Trout I use mustad 94840 hooks for bass the 3366.
The bass that I see chasing the flying damsels are usually the smaller fish below 12". Never thought to try to sink one. Got to give that a try. A larger fish might be sitting under the smaller ones just waiting for a sinking dragon.

Tom

[DShock]

Because I have never fished with a Adult Dragonfly, HOW is it to cast??
Thanks,
Doug

[flyandtie]

Because I have never fished with a Adult Dragonfly, HOW is it to cast??
Thanks,
Doug

Just like casting a woolly bugger.

[Big Bad Wulff]

Got back to my pond tonite with my dragin flies. 2 casts later I had the first bass . After the third cast I lost the fly on a about the only stump in the whole pond .
After that the bass 'shut down'. We had a front come thru that cooled things down from 102 to 74!! That pretty much shut the bass off. The bluegil were hitting a little so it wasn't a total loss..................except for enjoying some cool temps for a change!


Yup the dragon fly casts just like a wooley bugger. Maybe even easier because it weighed less.

Just as I expected the bass took the dragonfly "on the drop"........as it fell down thru the water on a 'free-fall'

[DShock]

BBW,
Thanks for the great report!
Doug

[Warm Water Fly Fisher]

f&t nice tie. i tied some up yesterday
i'll try em naxt time i'm at the lake

[Richard Komar]

Hello,

How about a dragonfly that floats down slowly, is easy to cast (up to a 3" x 3" fly) and doesn't use foam?

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytyin ... 3fotw.html

Cheers,

Richard in Plano, TX