Easy River Dragon
Tied by Fred Steynberg
Hook: # 10 – 8 streamer or terrestrial hook
Thread: # 140 or 6/0 olive
Eyes: Olive beads on 30lb monofilament
Weight: 0.15 round lead
Abdomen: Rayon chenille olive
Legs: Tentacles small – brown
Thorax: Olive squirrel or hare’s
Wing case: Olive Swiss straw
Imitating: Larval stage of an Aeshnidae dragonfly (swimmer)
How to fish: Dead drift below an indicator in stronger currents or fished on a long leader in deep slow pools using the ‘wiggle lift’.