Articulated Damsel
Variant: Articulated Carp Damsel
Pattern by Chase Smith
Hooks: Fulling Mill Bonio Carp hook (FM25 00)
Recipe
Body:
2mm Foam, Olive Marabou
Hackle:
Olive Marabou
Head:
2mm Foam, 3.8mm black bead chain eyes
Shank:
2mm Foam, Articulation Shank Wire, Black ostrich herl
My variant of Chase Smith's Articulated Damsel.
Tying notes
Shank is brown foam wrapped on a #10 Mustad 94840 dry fly hook with hook bend cut off, covered with peacock herl.
Essentially a home-grown wiggle shank. That shank is attached using a loop of 8# Maxima Chameleon
This allows the tail to float up when the fly is sitting on the bottom. Great action when stripped as well.
Slap some Zap a Gap on the foam for appearance and to toughen it up.
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