Buoyant damsel nymph

[Robbie]

I may have a not so cunning plan...


Have you ever use such a thing as a buoyant damsel nymph? If so what is your favoured patter?

My initial thoughts were along the lines of a olive booby or olive lure with a balloon caddis type head.

[Bobfly]

Do damsels hatch after crawling up a reed stem?

[nacnud]

Alan Hill's version, works well, also for fry feeders, fished off a midge tip or intermediate.

[Highlander]

Do damsels hatch after crawling up a reed stem?

I believe they can but ones I have seen can swim pretty good too. I think they make there way to the bank to complete the transformation.

[Robbie]

I believe they do crawl out of the water to hatch. I am thinking of using a buoyant fly with a sinking link / leader to hold other flies close to the bottom or lower in the water.

[Bobfly]

They are quite quick and hungry hunters around the lower layers so bobbing one through low down could be a cunning plan.

[Robbie]

They are quite quick and hungry hunters around the lower layers so bobbing one through low down could be a cunning plan.

Exactly my thinking, probably teamed with a couple of shrimp imitations.