Deep Water Damsel

The Deep Water Damsel is an olive damselfly nymph designed to get down quickly and fish through the water column where trout are actively hunting. A tungsten orange bead at the head drives the fly down fast, while a trailing olive marabou tail provides the sinuous, wriggling movement that makes damsel nymph imitations so effective — the natural's distinctive side-to-side swimming action is one of the most recognisable triggers in stillwater fishing. A slim olive body ribbed through with flash keeps the profile lean and imitative, and mottled partridge feathers folded flat over the back suggest the wing buds and segmented abdomen of the natural nymph. Fish it on a slow figure-of-eight or with short pulls near weed beds and drop-offs where damsel nymphs migrate toward the shore. Tied by Scientific Fly.

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Product Details

• Tungsten orange bead head delivers rapid sink rate to fish the deeper zones of the water column
• Olive marabou tail replicates the natural swimming action of the damsel nymph
• Slim ribbed body maintains a lean, imitative profile throughout the retrieve
• Mottled partridge wingcase suggests the natural's developing wing buds
• Most effective on a slow figure-of-eight or short pulls near weed beds and structure

Sizes

#10; #12

Colours Available

Olive

Target Species

Primary: Rainbow and brown trout in dams and stillwaters.
Secondary: Smallmouth bass.