Amphibious Damsel

I had tied this fly for a recent trip to some lakes with large numbers of damselflies hoping that we would find fish feeding on adult damsels. After a day of mostly fishing chironomids and callibaetis nymphs, we were walking back to the trailhead along the shore when Curtis told me that he had done well in a certain bay last year with hoppers. When we passed that bay, instead of a hopper, I tied on the amphibious damsel and decided to toss it out. In three casts, I had three aggressive takes, even though I only landed one of them (rookie mistakes...). After all of the aggressive fish had eaten, I decided to swim the fly right under the surface after letting it sit for about 10 seconds. I lost count of the takes using this method, but it opened my eyes to a technique that I had not tried very much. I knew that damselflies deposited their eggs under the water, but I never really tried to fish an adult this way. Lesson learned.