Good looking flies.

Never had much success with adult dragon patterns, even when fish were grabbing live ones from mid-air.

Pay attention to how your fly spins through the air, that was my largest headache with the adults, cast it out and once it hits the water it starts spinning. Going up to heavier and stiffer leaders didn't help much. They have to be just right.

It may be worth tying up a fly that looks like a cluster or just a mating pair that is sitting on some debris in the water. Rarely will you ever see a single just laying on the water.

Dragon nymph patterns on the other hand are killer. My favorite nymph to catch bass on. Plus being larger sizes they are easier on the eyes to tie.

Beauty is they work dead drifted or swimming because they use their abdomen as jet propulsion.