A Note from Leighton Phillips (@fatbuffaloflies):
“The fly has been 10 years in the design with many failed attempts over the years.
Made for an art display and as far as I know it’s entirely unique/one off. I saw a video many years ago of a hatching Dragonfly and set myself the challenge to recreate it in fly tying. The shuck is hollow and made from Swiss straw over a 40lb mono frame. Its part of a series of emergers I’m making including a hatching Damselfly and mayfly too.
I’ve been tying 30 years and the last 10 years have been art flytying. I have been banned from social media groups and had difficulties posting my flies overseas due to the realism of them.”
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