Dragon Flys

WytEurp · Senior Member

Dragon Flys

AbelBoy · Senior Member

I can't speak for Putah, but I do well on the Lower Yuba using Pat McKee's Rubberlegs as a dragonfly nymph.� It's actually a stonefly nymph, but the fish don't mind.� I use a brown with olive legs in a size 6.

AbelBoy

SK60 · Senior Member

There are lots of DF flying around #5 these days. The nymphal stage is mostly found in slow (read "frog") water where the bottom is sandy or muddy. I have tried a home made nymph pattern in edge areas without success. The nymphs I've collected over the years look like the one in the attached picture. They are usually dark brown and coated with sand or algae. The body is up to an inch long-size 8-10.

-- Edited by SK60 at 19:03, 2008-09-06

JT · Senior Member

There were tons of dragonflies out the other day.� They were gorging themselves on the hatching mayflies.

WytEurp · Senior Member

I think there is a hatch everyyear during the first week of September. Last 9/6 I was fishing and a hatch began about 930am and their were thoughsands of them I had to stop and watch. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen on the river....

JL · Senior Member

Last year, fishing a cdc mayfly emerger, I caught a dragon fly.� He had the fly in his mouth.

Those things are incredibly agile.

I wanted to take the fly out of his mandibles, but when I tried, he grabbed my fingers with his claws and I sort of freaked out and just cut the line and he floated off down the creek.

Xnjb707X · Senior Member

The dragon fly hatch was really thick the other day and I knocked a couple out of the air when roll casting by accident. Anyone ever try to use a DF dry fly pattern?

- Nic

mx19 · Senior Member

I have 2 different dragon fly stimulator pattern I use during the low flow months...I also will be using them mon up at hat creek...have not had a single putah fish hit one ,but I have good luck with them else where....

59pines · Veteran Member

I was up at access #5 today and there was a boat load of dragon flies at 1100 am. Didn't have any imitations with me, however I was slightly successful with a small zebra nidge.

WytEurp · Senior Member

hey juat for my records what day did they hatch?

shon42073 · Senior Member

the dragon fly's hatch all summer long, late july and thru august is when I see alot of them, they like the hot weather, they should be tapering off now. From my experience they are little to no value to the angler, I've only had some luck with them in the sierras waters were fish will hit anything that floats.

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

I had a large dragonfly adult pattern that I used a few times on Putah and I too had no success with it.Friday evening while my client was fishing, I tied on a dry fly on the spare rod and tried to catch one of those monsters,there seemed to be thousands flying around and I just wanted to give a close-up look to my fishing partner.After a minute or two I finally hooked one but he made a hard charging run and came unbuttoned.I think I may have stumbled on a new sport,Keep an eye out for my upcoming website Bono's Extreme Dragonfly Adventures.

Nohackle · Senior Member

Several years ago I ran into a dragonfly hatch on 9/11; it's easy to remember that date.� The dragonflies were khaki in color with a light pink tint to the back half of their bodies.� Just behind the thorax there was a bright, light blue spot.� Some of the flies were huge, while others were more normal sized.� Without a doubt, I saw more dragonflies in that one hatch and the sum total of all of the dragonflies I had ever seen in my life.� It was the most unusual hatch I had ever experienced and I have been flyfishing for over 30 years.

LilWhippersnapper · Senior Member

Haha Bono, that was hilarious.

JL · Senior Member

I'll have to post the pic of the dragon fly i landed last�year on a cdc mayfly emerger.

Got to look it up and post it.

I may have posted it last year.

I'll check.

JL

JL · Senior Member

Found the photo on the putah creek photo album.

Posted for fun...

ANGRYINCHER · Veteran Member

I've tried a blue damsel fly pattern that didn't work too well. i saw a couple fish come right up and look at it, but then swam away. The damsel fly works well on occasion at Hat Creek on slower deep runs. I've tried brown/tan Chernobyl Ants and have caught a few in Putah...even a few browns. JW.