Damsel Fly

Detailed instructions for tying a Damsel Fly.
Hook: Standard dry-fly hook (e.g.Daiichi 305), size 10.
Thread: 3/0, light olive.
Tail: Deer body hair, olive, blue, red, or brown.
Post/wingcase: Spooled Antron, dark green.
Hackle: Coq de Leon or grizzly hackle.
Thorax: Two peacock herls.
Material Source:
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Spooled Antron, dark green: collabs.shop/c...
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Two peacock herls: collabs.shop/i...
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[@mr.robinson1982]

I know that this video is 8 years old but I just found it. Im saving it in my Flies category.

[@fubar1807]

It's not that I can't tie this fly. It's that I will never tie any fly as well as this guy tied this fly. What a master. So many subtle techniques and touches. Perfect.

[@jacobrichards4448]

been a guide for years and never tied, your videos are great, u nail it. best on youtube.

[@timhalley6987]

great tutorial on the extended body. Works great for big Hexagenia patterns.

[@RTAlabama]

I absolutely love the line "smash the barb". My son and I have been doing that for years if we can't find barbless hooks. Most of the time we can release a fish without ever touching it. Extremely important!! That's a great pattern - thanks for sharing the information.

[@eacantwell]

Great looking fly;techniques very well shown/explaned;Thanks Earl

[@kiwisafa101]

Oh, and come to New Zealand, you have a mate here, me!

[@grigri077]

wow ! very nice fly, i love your technic with extension with deer hair Pierre

[@bowhunter2712]

Thank for the video been searching for a great damsel fly pattern and now I have found it.🍻

[@CALIMA8296]

Beautiful pattern! Thanks for this

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

It looks amazing, I was looking for some damsel fly recipe and I found this one. Also it seems to very very easy to ty. Thanks a lot for share it.

[@jsboyle3459]

Nice fly 👍

[@Coastalfishes]

I used this a week ago and caught a largemouth bass LOL

[@keiranrooker7981]

I’ve never thought of doing a damsel fly like this with the buck tail saves money on a lot of tube flies you would tie with a nail or whatever

[@Jeremyschannel1]

Thanks for this video! I had been looking for a damsel fly pattern, and I feel like this one is perfect. The deer hair extended body was a little intimidating at first, but after I tried it once it really wasn't that hard. I don't think I'll need to bother with any other dry damselfly imitation.

[@stevespalding9499]

my wife and i were fishing at in colorado and experienced the coolest phenomenon of a damsel hatch at a beautiful lake. I only had one fly that even remotely resembled a crippled (uh Damsel in destress - i get it!!) and i lost it too soon cause, dang i wish i could spend $300 ON A REEL THAT WOULD JIVE WITH A

[@RustyShacklefardd]

Looks like a good bass fly if tied on a size 1

[@jacobstarr9010]

This would work well on a pond I know gets some dragonfly hatches in the mid summer.

[@patriziolamparelli9259]

stupefacente questa costruzioni rende tantissimo insetto vero anche non molto difficile da fare complimenti 👌💯

[@dandotreillydot42058]

amazing! your videos are a pleasure to watch. thank you

[@draven3838]

Great fly ,thanks for the video

[@stevelongfield7328]

Amazing!! Now I need to go out and buy some of that material!!

[@PRACERZ]

Really different and SWEET !

[@strangestfascination]

Beautiful pattern! Thanks for this.

[@nonsolopaolo]

Fantastic tying !!

[@cosmicflies5189]

I'm tying this fly for a school project

[@visual_legacy5720]

I live in New Zealand and just the other day I saw trout jumping more than 1 meter in the air taking damsels

[@TheFlymanJim]

Great video as always!

[@DJackson1882]

Great fly, thanks!

[@jakefergusson1124]

Awesome video

[@fishguy3321]

Can you use just natural deer hair?

[@hardtomello364]

Have someone hold the deer hit while you tie it

[@donnacoffman5108]

Would this fly work for stocked trout in the north Georgia mountains

[@donnacoffman5108]

What is that supposed to mean.ZDG

[@kiwisafa101]

How thick is your pencil? 1/2 that on a fly, don't boast!! hehehe

[@bearofthebattlingkind1387]

Where do you buy good quality coq de leon?

[@tightlinevideo]

Whiting Farms has beautiful stuff but limited quantities at times. Any retailer that sells Whiting should carry it or be able to get it for you.

[@ReelInformation]

Where do you get spooled antron?

[@tightlinevideo]

Greatfeathers offers a good selection of colors. Listed under Antron Yarn (spooled).

[@ReelInformation]

Thanks!!