Spent Adult Damsel (Dry)

SUBMITTED BY: James Whalen

FISHING METHOD:  Find this on a floating line by casting the pattern into the weeds where the naturals are emerging. Retrieve the pattern by using sporadic 1-2 inch twitches. When the trout are actively feeding on the natural emerging adults, hang on to your red with both hands!
 

 Hook

 Teck twin SCF #10

 Thread

 Wapsi UTC 70 olive green

 Tail

 Mono braid coloured to match

 Ribbing

 None

 Body

 Sheet foam 2mm colour to match

 Hackle/Wing

 Grizzly hackle olive or black&white

 Wings

 Clear wing


TYING NOTES:

1. Pinch your barb down on the hook.

2. Lay down a thread base on the shank of the hook.

3. Tie in more braid (Pre coloured)

4. Cut sheet foam into ¼” strip.

5. Trim foam strip to a point at one end and secure to the bottom of the hook shank.

6. Fold foam strip over the eye and poke a hole approximately where the eye of the hook is.

7. Poke the eye of the hook through the hole of the foam and fold the sheet foam over top of the     shank and secure to the shank back about a ¼” to the foam head.

8. Tie in two pieces of clearwing material approximately ¾ of the length of the tail behind the          foam head.

9. Tie in grizzly hackle by the tip, wrap in about 4-6 turns to cover the base of the wing material      where the base of the wing material was tied in.

10. Whip finish twice (applying head cement to the thread on the second whip finish)