Damsel dragonflies

[piffilus]

Thanks mate! I found new sheep girl rings, Vision Stealth that are matte so they won't give reflections. This is the 20 kg ring, there is also a 12 kg ring that I will use for trout.

[Paul Arden]

That’s bloody excelllent. How long do you think it will take to tie one now you know the process? And how durable are they? Is the body still flexible? I wonder how it casts with the wings? I would say that they are between 7 and 10cm long (head to tail). Can you give me a tying step by step pls?

Cheers! Paul

[Paul Arden]

I think from now on I shall call you Dragon Piffen.

[piffilus]

Thanks Paul! That's flattering.

I can do it tonight and take pictures and time. I am bloody slow at tying anyway but I will try to speed it up. The next one I will give to you when I come, maybe you can make me a Hird Leader to trade? I bought some black braid for tippet material, 0.12mm/6.8kg. Is that a good good one for Gourami?

The body is somewhat flexible and the wings are stiff about 5-10 mm outside the body and the rest is soft and bends backwards when I blow on it. I may do the wings even thinner still. About durability, I don't have a clue, it's foam and lots of superglue. I think you are more experienced in what happens with that in the fishes mouth. I need to cast it over water to see how it behaves in the air.

[Fla]

That dragonfly looks excellent! Hope you will catch a big Gourami on that fly!

Bests,
Flavio

[piffilus]

Thanks a lot Flavio. I think that your dragonfly is really good too!

[Paul Arden]

I don’t know Dragon Piffen. As amazing as they look I think a Hird Leader might be worth two Piffen Dragonflies

Cheers, Paul

[piffilus]

I can go for that Paul, no problems.

[Paul Arden]

I’ll make sure we have plenty. The first two have pretty much dried already! I’ll cast my first attempt tomorrow. I expect to have the houseboat by the time you are here which will mean you can have a go at building some when you are here. We can tie some Piffen Dragons too

[piffilus]

That sounds really cool Paul! I'll put up the sbs for you very soon.