On a more serious note, this is a fly pattern worth sharing, and to that end, I will be leading the Potomac Valley Fly Fisher’s Advanced Fly Tying session on Sept. 17, 2025, with this fly pattern.

Fish a damselfly nymph pattern on a slow-sinking intermediate or floating line. Explore along shoreline weeds and around rocky points. Use a slow, erratic two-inch retrieve to imitate the natural.

Herbst is followed by professional actor and fly-tying instructor Gordon van der Spuy. In keeping with the Arthurian theme, he presents a damselfly nymph pattern, designed to attract the Lancelot ...

There you have it three useful, easy-to-tie fly patterns to help you get started. But once you begin tying flies and actually catch a few fish on your own patterns someth ...