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Has anyone ever come across a pattern that would imitate when a damselfly
emerges from the nymph form to the adult stage? I've seen plenty of nymph
patterns and drowned (dead) adult patterns, but nothing that would imitate
the emergence. Or am I just missing something?

As far as I know, the nymph crawls ashore or up onto some vegetation to
transform to the adult stage. The "emerger" stage takes place out of the
water so you won't have to fish with an "emerger"

The damsel nymph is and excellent pattern simply because it will be
present in practically all still waters.

All you need is some olive chenille for the body, some olive marabou for
the tail, and I like to use brown partridge hackle for the legs. I don't
mess about with bead eyes and all those fancy accessories, and my
patterns catch fish OK. Use a large (say#10) hook - long shank. Some
lead wire tied under the body material will help.
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Bill Grey
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