The Ribbed Dragonfly Nymph - An Instructional Fly Tying Video

In today's instructional fly tying video we feature an absolute fan favorite; The Ribbed Dragonfly Nymph! This is a wickedly imitative Dragonfly Nymph pattern that gets absolutely smashed by viracious trout. The key to its success is the extended ribbed bouyant body that orients itself right side up no matter how it lands in the water. Combine that with ultra enticing legs that give it a ton of movement and you have an irresistibly lifelike and downright menacing bug that can be stripped or crawled during retrieve.
This pattern is effectively fished on a full sink Type 7 fly line with a short leader fished right off the lake bottom over the vegetative growth on drop offs or shoal areas. It is also effectively fished on a floating line at the surface when fish are keying in on dragonfly nymphs in the shallows. Thank-you for watching, give it a tie, and we'll see you on the water!

[@alanmarshall7045]

This fly just keeps giving. I've tied plenty to keep the fish coming. A few colour variants and dropped down a hook size, Right now the fish are happy to smash it right off the top with gusto. As you can imagine the tail eventually suffers and becomes detached from the main body. Not to be put off, noticed the now shortened fly had a very slow sink rate . Decided ok , lets put a couple of casts out on floating line just to see what happens. It still works. Let it sink 10 to 15 seconds and start a slow retrieve with a couple of sharp tugs. Bingo, your back in business. Absolutely epic. Super fun. I have tied a few for my friends and dished them out. So cheers my friend for such a stonking pattern. Every days different. That's fishing. Have fun.

[@alanmarshall7045]

What can I say. Ding Dong. Tied a couple up and hit the water. Fished it on an intermediate line and 1st cast instant hit . 2nd cast boom , in again. The interest in this pattern was epic right up until I lost half the tail due to not using flexi UV. All I had was the normal hard UV. I now have the Flexi, I trimmed the tail down to tidy the pattern, but that was it. Interest stopped. So , it's back to the bench to rack up a batch and bring it on. Tight lines buddy. Regards Alan

[@tyingismyvise]

This has to be one of my favorite comments! Haha thank-you Alan for your words and not only taking the time to watch but to write that great feedback! Such a lethal pattern and I'm so glad it worked well for you. Cheers my friend 👊

[@alanmarshall7045]

Very clever imitation, credit to you. I fish a water that has an abundance of Blue Damsels and Dragonflies. So the water must be crawling with these nymphs. I generally never miss getting a fish to the net using the blue flash damsel pattern, but I'm definitely going to tie up a batch of these as I find the fish switch to terrestrials after being stocked within a couple of months and the takes get less and less. So with these to entice them. It's game on. Cheers, Have Fun.

[@tomt5176]

Hey, cool dragonfly nymph! Tricky but not too tough to tie - you certainly make it look easy. How are you presenting this fly and making it move to get a take? Thanks for sharing the neat new techniques.

[@tyingismyvise]

Haha you're so welcome Tom! Thank-you for taking the time to watch and to comment, I appreciate your kindness! For the presentation I find good success fishing this on aa Type 7 sinking line either stripped or crawled right off the bottom. It can also be successful on a floating line if they're taking dragons off the surface in the shallows. Cheers my friend 👊

[@tomt5176]

Cheers. I’ll be giving this one a try in the future.

[@Lord_of_Pie]

fucking epic

[@tyingismyvise]

Hahaha love the enthusiasm! Thank-you my friend👊

[@komando8365]

Hope you’re fishing that on sinking lines hahaha

[@tyingismyvise]

Type 7 or bust💪🎣