The abdomen of the dragon fly pattern is densely wound marabou (staggered colors) in a dubbing loop. The shaggy body is then trimmed with scissors or a razor blade (I prefer scissors). A wound hackle for legs and pheasant tail fibers for the wing case over the top of the plastic dumbbell eyes. The head here is dubbing but can be wound marabou fibers or ostrich herl fibers. I do not weight this pattern but prefer to take it subsurface with an Intermediate sink line fishing the shoreline of lakes out to the drop.
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That first… thing is weird.. and awesome catch. 🙂
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Ha…that first thing is the shape and general look of a short bodied dragon fly that lives in lakes below the surface….thank you Sam
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What a gorgeous fish! Nice fly, too…
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Much appreciated!
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