Parachute Damsel Fly Tying Instructions by Charlie Craven

[@mommaangler]

For someone with enough CDL to supply 842 lifetimes, I’m excited about this one. Nice one, Charlie Boy.

[@jeffreyhildebrand4867]

The damsels on my local stream are remarkably skinny. Till now, I had nothing to match them. The smallmouth take the naturals readily so I’ll be tying some soon. Thanks for sharing!

[@troutbum21]

Wow! Love this version, Charlie! Just when I thought I had a lifetime supply of every color of macrame yarn I would ever need, too. Now I gotta find sky blue and royal blue!

[@Wogger46]

Charlie you are the true innovator of fly tying. Where other KZbin fly tiers just copy other patterns and put a different name on them, yours are unique

[@silvertip8k278]

As usual a fine video...I know you're as friendly as you sound because I met you in your shop a while back! Great pattern for exactly now ...Aug 1..

[@marshallbaldwin8960]

I really like this variation of a damsel adult.

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

That looks like an egg hook. One of my favorite hooks, its like the short nymph hook, but with a better hook up rate and seems to hold the fish better =)

[@robertmajor4904]

“Not bad” you say, awesome use of materials! By the way even 8” cutties like the Muddler on a #4.

[@tinoyb9294]

I'm sure there are some people who find it hard to believe a trout will eat a damsel adult but I have seen it happen. Thanks!

[@watermaster2197]

They will definitely take adult damsels, when they are around.

[@astondriver]

watched it happen all day today, here in NZ

[@martinhodell8465]

Dang man- you made this look so easy! So cool to watch a master of his craft. Thanks for what you do.

[@Wortnik]

Was out ont he water today and saw a fair few damselflies out. I get back and this is in my suggestions, perfect! The Algorithm Knows All! lmao

[@TheStreamUrchin1]

what a brilliant rendition

[@thomasw_]

That pattern rocks! Looking forward to tying some... Thanks heaps, CC.

[@joshfriedman1461]

That's just frickin cool af

[@randellgribben9772]

great fly , i will tie a dozen

[@inkscorpion]

I can totally see myself tying and fishing this beauty. I ❤ this!

[@ruthcoates9587]

That is the best looking and easy damsel! Thanks sir!

[@bryanandryszak925]

Really cool pattern! Thanks, Charlie!

[@burtonbrocious171]

Looks like a very innovative and effective fly Charlie tks 😊

[@Adipper]

Cool use of CDL Charlie. Looks like it will impart a lot of surface motion.

[@RoryLynott]

Such an awesome tie, love it

[@mikeney5113]

Wow!awesome pattern Charlie.looks great.thanks

[@QuestAngler]

Awesome. Beautiful & great work.

[@GeorgeSemel]

I never caught a trout on a Damsel Fly. I did tie a pattern I got out of fly fisherman, it's a publication that you may have heard of Charlie, back in the mid-1980s. One evening, I found out that large Mouth Bass would eat them in and around the Lilly pads on the edges of Gardners Lake. my old swimming hole as a kid and there used to be a Boy Scout Summer Camp there as well. Back when I had a boat complete with a 10 hp Johnson Outboard. This one is a lot simpler to tie- I used a mono braid that was all the rage for but of leaders at the time, I don't think the even make it anymore, I got some someplace still. It's a fly I tied maybe a couple of dozen and that was it. Right now the Sulpher hatch as been very very good so that is what I have been tying. Soon its going to be the dog days, and its the time of the year I least like

[@ruebdogg1]

brillant!

[@seanfalconer7182]

Awesome

[@richardduplessie6081]

Nice! How does it cast?

[@articgrayling1300]

this version is one of the best i seen. does the tail stay straight after casting and getting wet?

[@CharliesFlyBox]

Yep.

[@manifestgtr]

My brother and I have seen trout literally jump out of the water for these things. I knew trout ate these and you hear about damsel patterns but it was always toward sundown and you could never quite make out what they were leaping for…took us a month at this one river to finally figure out that it was damsels.

[@wildman2894]

no eyes how can it see the fish coming lol

[@flyndutchmn]

I will state that you do need a marker for this fly. You gotta have eyes.

[@matthewhandy8180]

So, I’m not trying to be a spoiler, but I was fishing that exact pattern when I lived in Montana. Literally 30 years ago. Great pattern, especially on flat water like Slough Creek in Yellowstone Park, but new or innovative, it ain’t.