I fished another baby damsel nymph last week after being skunked for a few hours. A friend told me to avoid the weeds but I fished just beyond them and started getting hits right away, landing 2 nice fish up to 19 inches. I was thinking of using an olive BMW but did not have one. I like this variation with a smaller tail like you show. The similarity to a scud should make it double good. Will tie some today and hope to get to the lakes in Wyoming before they ice up. Thanks to you and Brian.
Hi Frank, I am glad you enjoyed the video and that the Baby Damsel will help you on the water. I almost always fish in and around weeds if I can. This fly, as you have pointed out, works very well when fish are taking scuds too. Let me know how your trips go. Our waters are starting to cool and the season is no measured in days not months until it is over and winter sets in. Thanks, Phil
Funny seeing this. I tied this more or less fir years. A very simple pattern that has worked ll over for me. I was on Nimpo lake one day and it caught me stacks of fish. As usal phil your presentation is top notch.
Thanks Dave, Brian's Baby Damsel is a great little fly for imitating both juvenile damsels and scuds. It is also great in other colors as a micro leech too. Cheers, Phil
Johnny Repole Hi Johnny, personally I have had my best success using this pattern in the fall, suspended under an indicator tight against the shoreline cattails. This worked particularly well last fall in Manitoba. When fish are feeding on small scuds this pattern works very well.
You could certainly use a short shank straight hook. As this pattern is most often fished under an indicator it tends to move best when tied on a curved scud hook using a non-slip loop knot. That's why the curved scud hook is recommended. Thanks, Phil
Hi, not that I know of. I met Gilbert in Salt Lake last year and we joked about it. Perhaps many generations ago but nothing that would connect us recently. Gilbert is in the states and I am in Canada after first emigrating from England when I was seven. It would be nice to have some of his filming and editing talent though!
Philip, thanks for this. It looks very similar to Brian Chan's micro leech, too (see vid). I like the technique with the super glue on the thread at the end!
Thanks, Nicole, it is a similar pattern to Brian's micro leech or BMW as it is more commonly known. Proof that patterns don't need to be complicated to work. I use the superglue technique I demonstrated in this video a lot, especially when finishing a fly behind a cone or bead. Thanks, Phil
I'll be seeing you in April in Ottawa with the Ottawa Fly Fishing Society. I'm looking forward to it. This just my second season. I'll be going to Kenauk with the Society in May.
Working g my way through your ties. Having a ball. Thanks for what you do.
Thanks so much. I am pleased to hear you are enjoying my videos.
Cheers, Phil
@@PhilRowleyFlyFishing I’m trying to get mine to look as good as yours!
I fished another baby damsel nymph last week after being skunked for a few hours. A friend told me to avoid the weeds but I fished just beyond them and started getting hits right away, landing 2 nice fish up to 19 inches. I was thinking of using an olive BMW but did not have one. I like this variation with a smaller tail like you show. The similarity to a scud should make it double good. Will tie some today and hope to get to the lakes in Wyoming before they ice up. Thanks to you and Brian.
Hi Frank, I am glad you enjoyed the video and that the Baby Damsel will help you on the water. I almost always fish in and around weeds if I can. This fly, as you have pointed out, works very well when fish are taking scuds too. Let me know how your trips go. Our waters are starting to cool and the season is no measured in days not months until it is over and winter sets in.
Thanks, Phil
This baby damsel is one of my favourite flies to fish. I've also fished it in the summer and caught lots of fish
Funny seeing this. I tied this more or less fir years. A very simple pattern that has worked ll over for me. I was on Nimpo lake one day and it caught me stacks of fish. As usal phil your presentation is top notch.
Thanks Marc, glad to see you enjoyed the video. This pattern proves flies don't have to be complex to work.
Phil
Thank you Phil. I fished this fly at fawn lake in the cariboo in early July under a indicator and it was awesome. Thank you....
Thanks Dave, Brian's Baby Damsel is a great little fly for imitating both juvenile damsels and scuds. It is also great in other colors as a micro leech too.
Cheers, Phil
Another great vid, thanks. If you are like Brian, you are a master also !
Thank you Phil much appreciated.
Beutiful damsel definitally gonna add some to the fly box
Thanks for the pattern Do you guys ever use gold or root beer krystal flash to accent the tail on this one too?
Hi, we sometimes blend in a few strands of Crystal Flash in the tail. Gold or Root Beer as you have suggested would be great choices.
Thanks, Phil
Hi Phil whens the best time to fish this pattern and do you fish it under a indicator?
Johnny Repole Hi Johnny, personally I have had my best success using this pattern in the fall, suspended under an indicator tight against the shoreline cattails. This worked particularly well last fall in Manitoba. When fish are feeding on small scuds this pattern works very well.
would a straight hook work as opposed to a curved hook?
You could certainly use a short shank straight hook. As this pattern is most often fished under an indicator it tends to move best when tied on a curved scud hook using a non-slip loop knot. That's why the curved scud hook is recommended.
Thanks, Phil
A right hook can work too
simple flies seem to work the best for me, thanks. any connection to Gilbert Rowley on you tube?
Hi, not that I know of. I met Gilbert in Salt Lake last year and we joked about it. Perhaps many generations ago but nothing that would connect us recently. Gilbert is in the states and I am in Canada after first emigrating from England when I was seven. It would be nice to have some of his filming and editing talent though!
Philip, thanks for this. It looks very similar to Brian Chan's micro leech, too (see vid). I like the technique with the super glue on the thread at the end!
Thanks, Nicole, it is a similar pattern to Brian's micro leech or BMW as it is more commonly known. Proof that patterns don't need to be complicated to work. I use the superglue technique I demonstrated in this video a lot, especially when finishing a fly behind a cone or bead.
Thanks, Phil
I'll be seeing you in April in Ottawa with the Ottawa Fly Fishing Society. I'm looking forward to it. This just my second season. I'll be going to Kenauk with the Society in May.