Dragonfly nymph

[BilletHead]

8 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I need to try something like that sometime. Maybe that will make the box too. 
 

I like Marty’s as is but it looks like he’s got a 1/2 oz of lead on there. LOL

Alright Mr smarty-pants,

   Just for you Ronald. Craft foam instead of lead. Its that thin stuff. Sections super glued on both sides of the hook shank behind the bead chain eyes. If it is still too heavy use those plastic ones. After glue was set started wrapping easy and working a taper. As you know it's easy to crush this foam. After a basic body is made I spread a light layer of UV glue then zapped it. Hardened up perfect. Finished wrapping a thread layer and made the bug eyed critter just like the leaded one. Now we have an unleaded big eyed bug also. Still rides hook up. 

  So which one is leaded and which one is unleaded Ronnie? 😆 On bench and in the water. 

[BilletHead]

  AND pay attention @Flysmallie if you want to fish booby flys you have to do it this way and talk this way,

 

 

[tjm]

I think that I first heard of the Booby Fly on another  forum posted by guys fishing them in Utah's lakes for trout. As I recall they claimed to tie them so buoyant that when fished on a sinking line the flies stayed up off  the bottom. Said they were damsels.  Sounded good for ponds and sloughs.

[BilletHead]

14 minutes ago, tjm said:

I think that I first heard of the Booby Fly on another  forum posted by guys fishing them in Utah's lakes for trout. As I recall they claimed to tie them so buoyant that when fished on a sinking line the flies stayed up off  the bottom. Said they were damsels.  Sounded good for ponds and sloughs.

Yes, they would work fine here doing just that. The guy in the video is doing that.  We have a friend who is a forum member on here. He was on the USA flyfishing team and fished completive all over. If I could remember his username on here I would drag him out and tell us how he fished those flies. Where are you at Randy Haner?

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

  So which one is leaded and which one is unleaded Ronnie?

Whichever one doesn’t require that I wear a helmet should be unleaded. 😁

I think that would be great in the creeks that I will be fishing. 
 

My thought on a booby fly would be to fish it in the film. Again, much smaller water than what it was designed for. 

[BilletHead]

2 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Whichever one doesn’t require that I wear a helmet should be unleaded. 😁

I think that would be great in the creeks that I will be fishing. 
 

My thought on a booby fly would be to fish it in the film. Again, much smaller water than what it was designed for. 

Chuck and duck. 

[BilletHead]

 One more of these for awhile. I'm getting tired of looking at them. As per @Flysmallie whining about the heavyweight version being just what it is heavy I give you the lightweight with plastic eyes. It sinks slowly with the hook end pulling it down. 

 On to something else. Thanks for the input Ronnie and @tjm.  I think if a person did one on a lightweight hook like a smaller Dai Rikki 270 or a Tiemco 200R using boobies eyes (not the big obtrusive double d size) they would suspend perfect on a two to three foot leader on a sink tip line. This could be a fun deal. 

[Ryan Miloshewski]

Imagine not letting your line load up and taking that square to the back. I am wincing thinking about it. Looks great, though!

[BilletHead]

25 minutes ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

Imagine not letting your line load up and taking that square to the back. I am wincing thinking about it. Looks great, though!

           that is no heavier than your articulated streamers that have bigger hooks. It isn't as heavy as a tungsten bead with a few lead wraps.